why aren't all 56 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 2 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Supported
Epic's Care Everywhere network exchanges 20 million patient records daily
“Today there are twenty million patient records exchanged daily.”
Assertion Supported
Epic's 1987 Resolute module remains its core hospital billing application today
“So in 1987, they launch a billing module called Resolute, again, on top of the Chronicles. Single core database, which still today is the company's revenue cycle application for all their hospitals.”
Assertion Supported
Epic assigns dedicated technical product teams to every customer
“Every single customer of the, 607, whatever hospital system customers that Epic has, every single customer has their own
Technical specialists teams for every single product that they use.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Epic had only 24 customers and $1.5M revenue after ten years
“By the end of the company's first decade of existence, so end of 1988, they only have 24 customers, and it's only doing one and a half million dollars in revenue, and they've got like a handful of employees.”
Assertion Supported
International sales account for roughly 10-15% of Epic's business
“They're now starting to sell international and build that as a real market. It's not huge, but it's, you know, call it 10 to 15% of the business now.”
Assertion Supported
Epic's Cosmos database is free for institutions that contribute data
“And it's accessible to any institution for free that contributes data in. So of all the Epic customers, Anyone who opts in gets to access and query it for research or cool stuff.”
Assertion Supported
Epic plays wedding bells campus-wide upon signing each new client
“Other interesting things about the campus, they have wedding bells that will play campus-wide when a new client is signed, just showing that that's the type of commitment that this is. It's a, we've now married this client for the rest of our lives.”
Assertion Supported
Epic hired Disney theme park designers for its Wisconsin campus
“They hire the same firm that did the Disneyland California Adventure renovation in 2008.”