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The logo symbols indicate a company that serves people. The Epic Systems logo suggests secure storage of patient data in healthcare systems. The software is constantly evolving and keeping up with the times.
Modern healthcare systems use the latest advances in science and technology, greatly improving efficiency. Widespread computerization has created a need for specialized software, which companies such as Epic Systems Corporation developed and implemented; American billionaire Judith R. Faulkner founded the company in 1979. Its main areas of activity are information technology and medical informatics. As of 2015, Epic’s software provided convenient information storage for 54% of all dispensary patients in the United States and 2.5% worldwide.
Like any modern company, especially one specializing in computer technologies, Epic Systems Corporation pays close attention to its image and product promotion. This is reflected in the quality of the company’s trademark, the emblem developed over many years of market research and employee input.
Meaning and History
As an engaged developer and producer of special software, the company allows the creation, maintenance, and storage of patients’ medical records in electronic form. This eliminates the labor-intensive maintenance of paper documents and the need for large archives, simplifying medical workers’ work and minimizing costs.
At the same time, the company maintains, licenses, and sells its products built on the Chronicle system. The Epic EMR application was developed with medical records management, record keeping, and related documentation in mind. It supports all the necessary functions: registration and scheduling of visits, patient procedures, a clinic for hospitals and emergency personnel, organization and distribution for laboratories and their research, various referrals for pharmacy and radiology, systems for insurers, and more. Provision links all referrals to a specific patient and to that patient’s primary care physician. It also supports cloud hosting, allowing the creation of third-party repositories.
What is Epic Systems?
This is a pioneer in electronic medical records, specializing in healthcare software development. Its headquarters is located in Verona, Wisconsin, on a campus styled as a fantasy village with unique architecture and themed buildings. The company develops comprehensive healthcare solutions that cover financial accounting, analytics, patient management, and medical data management. A distinguishing feature is its integrated approach to software design, enabling healthcare facilities to efficiently coordinate operations across departments, with all system modules functioning as a cohesive unit.
New for 2017 is the Share Everywhere feature, which allows users to view the electronic chart online regardless of the provider.
The company’s software use process includes short-term optimization opportunities and subsidiary Boost, Inc expert advice.
At the company’s inception, the founder invested $70,000, equivalent to $250,000 today. The company was headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. As the company grew, it felt a direct need for more workspace. Product demand and profitability enabled a move in 2005 to a new location near Verona, where a large campus occupied a significant area. This included a building resembling a magical castle, as if lifted from the pages of the Harry Potter books, and a canteen reminiscent of a train station. In 2015, the company completed its fifth expansion. The complex grew by five more properties, each 100,000 square feet.
By 2019, the company had 10,000 employees. Today, Epic Systems Corporation has a network of representative offices and owns offices in several countries, including Europe, Asia, and Australia.
However, practical experience using the programs first in the UK and then in Denmark revealed significant system shortcomings when loading large volumes of data. The most destabilizing and negative feedback about the program was its lack of adaptation to the national languages of the user countries and its inconsistency with the specifics of their health care systems.
The company’s management’s actions during the COVID-19 quarantine period were particularly negative. When manager Judy Faulkner told the media in an interview about employees’ dedication while working remotely, the company pushed back, threatening dismissal if everyone did not come to the office.
However, despite the problems, Epic Systems Corporation continues to grow rapidly. At the same time, it addresses the problems of the “worldwide” adaptation of its program, debugs the identified shortcomings, and maintains its commitment to its obligations, in line with the image created earlier and supported by a concise, memorable logo with heroic meaning.
Font and Colors
By making the first word of its full name the sole element of its logo, the company assumed the important responsibility of fighting effectively for public health. The logo everyone knows today was adopted after a competitive process that considered many options submitted by the company’s designers and third-party developers. A strong argument for adopting this emblem was the decision by the company’s founder and CEO, Judith R. Faulkner, to support her employees’ creative ideas.
The emblem’s design is very simple and laconic. Nothing extra except for the first, most significant word in the company’s name. This word is written in bright scarlet, typical of medical symbols. The first letter is capitalized. The rest are lowercase. The text slopes to the right, symbolizing forward motion and speed. This reflects both the speed of documentation and the ability to help patients more quickly and efficiently through Epic Systems Corporation software.
The text uses visual symmetry, achieved through the harmonious perception of the diagonal lines in the letters “E,” “p,” and “i.” All letters connect, creating a visual perception of the text as a single whole and symbolizing the possibility of achieving success only through the combined efforts of each company employee. The original design, “i,” combines a circle “p” and an open circle “s.” The resulting sign resembles the “f,” whose esoteric meaning is the fire of life; it is the foundation. It attracts divine energies and symbolizes the unity and balance of body, spirit, and thoughts.