Epic Integration with SMART on FHIR: The Future of Healthcare

The challenge of integrating AI-driven tools and third-party applications with Epic’s EHR system has long frustrated healthcare providers. With Epic being one of the most widely used EHRs, the lack of seamless data exchange has often led to manual inefficiencies, delayed workflows, and disconnected patient care. But now, with SMART on FHIR, healthcare organizations finally have a secure, standardized way to exchange data effortlessly, eliminating these bottlenecks and enabling faster, more connected healthcare services.

Our Epic Integration with SMART on FHIR webinar brought together industry experts to explore how this technology is transforming healthcare interoperability. From real-time data sharing to AI-powered clinical decision-making, the session highlighted how SMART on FHIR bridges the gap between innovation and practicality, allowing providers to build, deploy, and integrate applications within Epic’s ecosystem—without custom development headaches. The future of healthcare is connected, AI-driven, and efficient—and SMART on FHIR is making that vision a reality.

Epic Integration with SMART on FHIR

What Topics Will Be Covered?

✅ Overview of Epic Integration: Get a clear understanding of how third-party apps connect to Epic’s EHR using APIs and SMART on FHIR for seamless data sharing.

✅ Introduction to SMART on FHIR: See how this framework empowers healthcare apps to securely exchange data using standardized methods.

✅ Addressing Interoperability Challenges: Learn how to navigate authentication, security, and fragmented systems with SMART App Launch.

✅ Real-World Solutions: Hear how organizations are bridging interoperability gaps for secure, efficient, and scalable healthcare integration.

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Why the Epic Showroom App Matters?

The Epic Showroom App simplifies how healthcare vendors and providers connect, making Epic integration smoother and more accessible. Here’s why it’s a must-have for vendors and healthcare teams:

✔️ Easy Access – Epic customers can find, evaluate, and connect with vendors effortlessly, cutting down the time spent searching for the right solutions.

✔️ Trust & Credibility – Being listed in Epic’s ecosystem boosts vendor credibility, helping providers feel confident in choosing reliable solutions.

✔️ Better Engagement – Improves communication between healthcare providers and vendors, ensuring seamless integrations and support.

✔️ Competitive Edge & Higher Adoption – With greater visibility and simplified decision-making, vendors experience faster adoption and stronger partnerships with healthcare organizations.

How Record & Registration Works in the Epic Showroom

Getting started with Epic integration begins with registering on the Epic platform. This involves creating an account, setting up credentials, and accessing Epic’s development tools. Once registered, developers can begin the process of building and submitting apps for integration.

1️⃣ Create an App Record Based on User Context: After registration, the next step is to define the app’s user context—will it be used by providers, patients, or backend systems? This step ensures the app is designed with the right audience in mind.

2️⃣ Available User Contexts: Provider, Patient, Backend Systems—Apps can be tailored for clinicians, enabling seamless workflows, built for patients to enhance engagement, or designed for backend integrations to streamline data exchange.

3️⃣ Start Development in the Sandbox Environment – Epic provides a safe testing space that mimics the Epic system but doesn’t impact live patient data. Developers can test, refine, and troubleshoot before moving forward.

4️⃣ Submit for Approval & Production Use – Once the app is built and tested, it must be submitted for Epic’s approval. This review process ensures security, functionality, and interoperability. After approval, the app is ready for deployment, allowing providers and organizations to integrate it into their workflows.

How AI-Powered Epic Integration Transformed Hospital Workflows?

Managing labor and delivery times has always been a challenge for hospitals. Unpredictable deliveries, manual data entry, and inefficient staff scheduling made it difficult to ensure smooth operations and quality patient care. With hospitals relying on disconnected systems and outdated scheduling methods, resource allocation often felt like a guessing game. That’s where we stepped in—with AI-driven remote patient monitoring and Epic integration, we helped hospitals streamline workflows, reduce errors, and improve efficiency.

Challenges Hospitals Faced

❌ Unpredictable Delivery Times

Without accurate predictions, hospitals struggled to allocate labor rooms, schedule surgical teams, and manage support staff efficiently. Last-minute adjustments led to stressful and chaotic situations for medical teams and expecting mothers.

❌ Manual Data Entry & Poor System Integration

Nurses and administrators were switching between multiple systems, manually entering birth records and prenatal health data. These increased errors slowed down workflows and compromised patient care.

❌ Staff Management Issues

Labor and delivery departments needed better scheduling to avoid overworking staff during peak delivery hours. Burnout among nurses and physicians led to inefficiency and reduced quality of care.

How We Solved These Challenges?

✅ AI-powered delivery Predictions

Using real-time patient health data, our AI models predicted labor and delivery times with greater accuracy. Hospitals could now pre-allocate labor rooms, schedule C-sections, and optimize nursing shifts without last-minute scrambling.

✅ Automation through Epic Integration

Our SMART on FHIR framework automated patient onboarding by syncing birth records, prenatal health data, and post-delivery updates with Epic’s system. This eliminated the need for manual data entry, improving efficiency and reducing errors.

✅ Data-Driven Staff Scheduling

By analyzing hospital activity levels, our AI-powered scheduling system helped hospitals optimize staffing needs without overloading any one team. This meant better work-life balance for healthcare workers and more efficient patient care.

The result? Fewer scheduling conflicts, faster decision-making, and improved patient outcomes. Hospitals could focus on care instead of coordination, creating a smoother, more efficient experience for both staff and patients.

How HealthConnect CoPilot Can Help You with Epic Integration with SMART on FHIR?

If you're in healthcare, you know that integration challenges slow everything down—from onboarding new tools to ensuring smooth data exchange. That’s where Epic Showroom makes all the difference. It’s not just a marketplace—it’s a fast track to trusted, seamless integrations with solutions that are already built to work within the Epic ecosystem. Say goodbye to uncertainty and technical roadblocks—experience seamless, secure, and scalable solutions effortlessly.

Thinking about how Epic Showroom can help your organization? Explore the platform, discover vendor solutions, or reach out for a demo because the future of healthcare integration should be as seamless as the care you provide.

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