Epic Systems, the Verona, Wis.-based EHR giant, continues to snag partnerships with some of the largest U.S. healthcare systems. Several health system CIOs and other IT leaders told Becker's the reason large systems are moving over to this EHR vendor could have a lot to do with consolidation. As health systems look to provide more seamless experiences for patients and clinicians, Epic has been a vendor that helps consolidate multiple disparate systems into one environment. Research confirms this trend. According to KLAS Research, bigger systems have been increasingly choosing Epic in recent years, while Oracle Cerner has been steadily gaining smaller facilities. As for Oracle Cerner, the nation's second-largest hospital EHR vendor, there have been a lot of changes to the company in 2022, especially since Oracle completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of Cerner in June.