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May 2025
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Business Daily meets: US healthcare CEO ...

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About this episode

Judy Faulkner started Epic in 1979 from a basement, with $70,000 in start-up money and two part-time assistants.

Now, the company has grown to become a global provider of healthcare technology - with more than half of the US population's medical information stored on its platform.

Judy shares how she built the company from the ground up, her insights on industry challenges, and the future of electronic medical records.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Ed Butler Producer: Amber Mehmood

(Image: Judy Faulkner speaking at the Forbes Health Care Summit in 2023. Credit: Getty Images)

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