{"slug": "is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients", "title": "Is EHR Giant Epic Mulling Direct, AI Power To Patients?", "summary": "Epic Systems, the electronic health record giant, is hinting it may use AI tools to directly empower patients with their health data, rather than just giving providers tools to do so if they wish, according to a Forbes report by Michael L. Millenson.", "body_md": "# Is EHR Giant Epic Mulling Direct, AI Power To Patients?\n\nBy Michael L. Millenson, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)EHR giant Epic Systems is hinting it may use AI tools to directly empower patients with their health data, rather than just giving providers tools to do so if they wish.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients-4tx9", "published_at": "2026-08-23 19:15:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-24 03:44:11.914658+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Epic Systems", "Forbes", "Michael L. Millenson"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ehr-giant-epic-mulling-direct-ai-power-to-patients.jsonld"}}