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HEALTH IT 115 7 Takeaways From Epic's Annual Meeting And Why the CEO Dressed as Lucille Ball By Akanksha Jayanthi E pic Systems' annual users' group meeting took place last month at its Verona, Wis., campus. In her address, Founder and CEO Judy Faulkner discussed interopera- bility for the greater good, the potential of big data and cyberat- tack liability, all while dressed as Lucille Ball. Here are seven things to know about Epic's annual meeting and Ms. Faulkner's executive address. 1. More than 18,000 healthcare executives and Epic employees attended the 36th annual meeting, with representatives from 11 countries, according to Madison.com. 2. According to Ms. Faulkner, in the past year, Epic's customers prevented 219,000 harmful or fatal medication incidents and de- livered 860,000 babies. Customers exchanged 18 million records in July alone. 3. Epic is developing Cosmos Research Network, where clients can pool unidentified patient data and leverage combined expe- rience and insight to make better care decisions, according to the report. "Each of you alone has big data. But if we put our data together, then it's huge data," Ms. Faulkner said. 4. Ms. Faulkner made no mention of the Department of Defense contract that was awarded to Cerner in late July, nor did she dis- cuss the contract Epic won with Systems Made Simple to develop a new patient scheduling system for the Department of Veterans Affairs. e less publicized contract is worth five years and $624 million. 5. Ms. Faulkner did discuss efforts surrounding cybersecurity li- ability in Congress. She said Epic is talking with Congress about limiting liability in the event of a cyberattack. "If you are cyber- attacked, you should be seen as a victim, not a villain," she said. 6. Overall, Ms. Faulkner upheld the idea of supporting collab- oration over competition, "to improve life for humankind," ac- cording to the report. 7. e theme of this year's user meeting was "A Classic Episode," and Ms. Faulkner's presentation included clips from TV shows like "I Love Lucy" throughout her presentation. In her trend of dressing up for the executive address to match the theme of the meeting, Ms. Faulkner donned a Lucille Ball costume, quoting the comedian as saying, "I'm not funny; what I am is brave," ac- cording to the report. n BECKER'S 7 th Annual Meeting 2016 April 27-30, 2016 | Hyatt Regency, Chicago Register at http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conference/