Epic Systems history

In 1987, Epic released another new application called Resolute Professional Billing, which also evolved into an industry-leading program.

Initially known as Human Services Computing, Inc., Faulkner's new database and time-sharing firm "mostly did number crunching for medical researchers and state and government agencies," according to the March 7, 1990 issue of the Capital Times.

Epic reached a milestone in 1992 when it introduced a Windows-based electronic medical record (EMR) product called EpicCare.

In 1997, Epic earned net income of $6.6 million on sales of $30.9 million.

It also was in 1999 that Epic sued competitor MedicaLogic, claiming the company copied a key component of its software, known as a text expander, used for physician notation.

In 2002, sales reached $105 million and Epic's employee base swelled to 850.

In the February 5, 2003 issue of the Capital Times, Epic CEO Judith Faulkner said that because of Kaiser's size and the fact that it involved 8.4 million patients, the project could have a major impact on moving the larger healthcare industry toward electronic medical records.

In 2008 they announced plans to begin construction on the next phase of the Verona campus .

As of 2015, the company was in the fifth phase of campus expansion with five new buildings each planned to be around 100,000 square feet.

Due to the likelihood of continued growth and expansion in this area it is projected that this industry will continue to grow by approximately 12% each year reaching more than 8 billion dollars by the year 2016.