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☆ Particle Health says data dispute with Epic Systems not affecting most customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Particle Health said on Monday that the "vast majority" of its customers are still receiving records from medical software giant Epic Systems despite an ongoing dispute between the two companies over data-sharing practices. Epic's software supports more than 300 million patient records, and Particle acts like a middleman that helps health-care organizations access the data they need. Particle said in a release Monday that while Epic "indiscriminately stopped responding" to data requests from some of its customers because of the dispute, most clients were not affected. "While there is an ongoing dispute between Epic and Particle Health, related to three specific customers, the significant majority of Particle Health customers impacted by Epic's actions were not in any way related to this dispute," the company said in the release. Particle CEO Jason Prestinario said in the statement that the company will address the dispute with Epic through official procedural channels.

Persons: it's, Jason Prestinario Organizations: Systems, Particle Health

☆ Health records giant Epic cracks down on startup for unauthorized sharing of patient data
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Epic Systems, the largest provider of software for managing medical records, says a venture-backed startup called Particle Health is using patient data in unauthorized and unethical ways that have nothing to do with treatment. Epic told customers in a notice on Thursday that it cut off its connection to Particle, hindering the company's ability to tap a system with more than 300 million patient records. Particle is one of several companies that acts as a sort of middleman between Epic and the organizations — typically hospitals and clinics — that need the data. Patient data is inherently sensitive and valuable, and it's protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, a federal law that requires a patient's consent or knowledge for third-party access. To join the network, organizations are vetted and have to agree to abide by clear "Permitted Purposes" for the exchange of patient data.

Persons: Carequality Organizations: Systems, Health, CNBC, KLAS Research, Oracle Locations: Wisconsin, U.S

☆ FDA authorizes Prenosis software as first AI tool that can diagnose sepsis
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Prenosis' tool, called Sepsis ImmunoScore, uses 22 different parameters like temperature, heart rate and cell counts to help clinicians assess a patient's risk of sepsis, the company told CNBC. While Prenosis is the first company to receive FDA approval for its AI diagnostic tool for sepsis, several organizations have built and released similar solutions. Epic's sepsis model is used in hundreds of hospitals across the U.S., according to a 2021 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Even so, Epic reportedly overhauled its sepsis model the following year in an attempt to improve its performance, according to Stat News. Prenosis said it worked to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of Sepsis ImmunoScore to the FDA for around 18 months.

Persons: ImmunoScore, Prenosis Organizations: U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Wednesday, Centers for Disease Control, CNBC, Johns Hopkins University, Nature Medicine, Systems, Stat News, FDA Locations: U.S, White Oak , Maryland, Chicago

Apple has reversed course under regulatory pressure and cleared the way for a nettlesome adversary, video game maker Epic Games, to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Europe. Apple attributed the change of heart to reassurances from Epic that it won't violate its requirements for getting access to iPhone owners. Epic had brazenly broke the rules in the U.S. in 2020 to trigger an antitrust lawsuit alleging Apple's App Store is a monopoly. Apple had rejected Epic's attempt to set up an account that would have allowed it to set up an alternative store for downloading iPhone apps — something that Apple has held exclusive control over for more than 15 years. Apple is demanding more than $73 million from Epic to cover its fees in the U.S. antitrust case over the App Store.

Persons: brazenly, Apple, Tim Sweeney, Sweeney Organizations: Apple, Epic, Epic Games, European Commission Locations: Europe, U.S, Sweden

☆ Apple reverses course, approves Epic Games for app store in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Apple has approved Epic Games' developer account in Sweden, which will allow the company to offer a competing app store on iPhones in Europe under a new antitrust regulation, the Digital Markets Act. Still, according to emails provided by Epic Games, a lawyer for Apple rejected Sweeney's statement and blocked Epic's European account. An Apple spokesperson confirmed that Epic Games' account had been restored after Epic told Apple it will follow its platform policies. Epic Games said it would use the account to publish Fortnite for iPhones in Europe as well as its own Epic Games store. The conflict between Epic Games and Apple goes back to 2020, when Epic Games updated the shooter game Fortnite to bypass Apple's 30% cut of App Store sales.

Persons: Tim Sweeney, Apple, Phil Schiller, Sweeney, Schiller, — Organizations: Epic Games, Apple, Games, Digital, Epic, Apple App, European Commission, Markets, Apple Developer, CNBC Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Sweden, iPhones, Europe, U.S, California

The overhaul rolling out Thursday only in the Europe represents the biggest changes to the iPhone's App Store since Apple introduced the concept in 2008. Among other things, people in Europe can download iPhone apps from stores that aren't operated by Apple and are getting alternative ways to pay for in-app transactions. That came during testimony in a May 2021 trial resulting in a U.S. judge ruling that the App Store isn't a monopoly. In that decision, the judge required Apple to begin allowing links to outside payment options inside iPhone apps in the U.S. Apple still doesn't permit alternative iPhone app stores in the U.S. or more than 100 other countries outside the EU.

Persons: Apple, Tim Sweeney, Steve Jobs, Epic's Sweeney, ” Apple Organizations: Apple, Union, Digital Markets, Spotify, Epic, European Commission, U.S, Regulators, Google, Facebook, Apple Watch, Supreme, EU Locations: Europe, Apple’s, Sweden, U.S, It's

☆ Epic Games says Apple retaliated over lawsuits by banning company's developer account
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Apple has rejected Epic Games' application for a developer account it would use to launch an app store for iPhones in Europe, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said Wednesday. The relationship between Apple and Epic Games has been confrontational since Epic sued Apple in 2020 over whether Fortnite could evade Apple's App Store rules and bypass its 30% cut of game sales. The spat highlights global regulatory threats to Apple's App Store sales, a profitable division for Apple reported under its services business. Sweeney said Wednesday that Epic planned to introduce a new app store in Europe to distribute Fortnite and other games. Don't miss these stories from CNBC PRO:WATCH: Epic Games lawsuit

Persons: Apple, Tim Sweeney, Sweeney, Phil Schiller, Schiller Organizations: Games, Apple, Apple App, Epic Games, Digital Markets, Spotify, Epic, Sweden, CNBC Locations: iPhones, Europe, California, Sweden

☆ Highmark Health says it's combining tech from Google and Epic to give doctors easier access to information
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Highmark Health announced Monday that it's integrating technology from Google Cloud and the health-care software company Epic Systems to try to improve data gathering for providers and payers. Highmark, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is the parent company of a health plan with 7 million members, a provider network of 14 hospitals and several other entities. "Doctors don't need help once they have information; the problem is they don't have it," Farah told CNBC in an interview. Highmark said its new integration will also help it aggregate clinical data from its hospitals that representatives from its health plan need to access. The technology can automatically notify the health plan about upcoming patient visits, for instance.

Persons: Highmark, Dr, Tony Farah, Farah, Richard Clarke, Clarke, Amy Waldron, It's Organizations: Highmark Health, Google, Systems, Consumer, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, American Medical Association, Care, Community Health, CNBC, Health Locations: U.S, Pittsburgh

☆ Apple's problems are piling up ahead of its biggest launch in nearly a decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But it's battling problems with the Apple Watch, falling iPhone sales in China, and developer fury. All of which have put Apple in a difficult position ahead of its biggest launch in nearly a decade. AdvertisementWith the Vision Pro hitting shelves in two weeks, Apple should be laser-focused on what's set to be its most significant launch since 2014. In China, Apple's biggest international market for its smartphone, sales have plummeted in recent months. These are clearly problems Apple could do without ahead of its looming Vision Pro launch.

Persons: —, Michael M, Joe Kiani, Apple, Wang Gang, – Organizations: Apple, Apple Watch, Service, International Trade Commission, Appeals, Federal Circuit, Business, Bloomberg, Games, Wall Street, Vision Locations: China

The appeal stemmed from an antitrust lawsuit filed in 2020 by Epic Games, maker of the popular Fortnite video game. Epic lost its broader claim that Cupertino, California-based Apple was violating federal antitrust law, and the justices also rejected Epic's appeal Tuesday. That change would make it easier for developers to avoid paying Apple’s commissions ranging from 15% to 30%. Apple's shares declined by 2% in Tuesday's early afternoon trading, leaving the company with a market value of about $2.8 trillion. Apple ousted Epic from its app store after it tried to get around Apple's restrictions.

Persons: —, Apple, Apple didn't, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Tim Sweeney Organizations: WASHINGTON, Epic Games, Apple, Microsoft, U.S, Google Locations: California, Cupertino , California, U.S, Apple's, Cary , North Carolina, San Ramon , California

☆ U.S. Supreme Court snubs Epic Games legal battle with Apple
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Apple App Store app on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle against the iPhone maker. The justices also decided not to hear Apple's appeal of the same decision, which barred certain App Store rules. The Supreme Court in 2023 denied a bid by Epic to let the injunction take effect. In its appeal to the Supreme Court, Epic had said that the 9th Circuit's decision "guarantees severe anticompetitive harm and effectively insulates the most monopolistic tech-platform practices from antitrust scrutiny."

Persons: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Rogers, Apple Organizations: Apple, U.S, Supreme, Epic Games, Circuit Locations: New York, San Francisco

His portrayal came in testimony in an antitrust trial focused on Epic Games' attempt to upend Google's store for Android phone apps. It's similar to a payment system that Epic unsuccessfully challenged in a parallel lawsuit filed against Apple's iPhone app store. Sweeney said Google tried to entice him with a wide range of financial incentives, which he rejected. After rejecting Google's overtures, Epic tried to distribute Fortnite for Android through its own website. “It's an issue I see as existential to all games, including Epic,” Sweeney said.

Persons: Tim Sweeney, Sundar Pichai, Sweeney, Jonathan Kravis, Kravis, ” Sweeney, Fortnite, Sweeney didn't Organizations: FRANCISCO, Google, Games, Washington , D.C, U.S, Supreme, Activision, Android, Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation Locations: San Francisco, Washington ,, View , California

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build. In his latest court appearance in San Francisco, Pichai spent more than two hours defending the business practices of the Google Play Store, which distributes apps for the company's Android software that powers most of the world's smartphones. Evidence submitted during Pichai's Tuesday testimony showed just how lucrative the Play Store has been for Google. During the first half of 2020, for instance, the Play Store generated an operating profit of $4.4 billion. “The way we designed Google Play is we do well only when developers do well,” Pichai said.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Department's, Lauren Moskowitz, District Judge James Donato, Donato, Moskowitz, Apple, ”, specter, ” Pichai Organizations: Google, Apple, Washington D.C, ., District, Samsung, Android, U.S, Supreme Locations: San Francisco, Washington, iPhones, U.S

☆ Alphabet CEO, in Play store trial, acknowledges some materials not retained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

He largely stuck to one-word answers but was occasionally admonished by Epic Games' attorney for straying beyond simple answers. Pichai, in examination by a Google attorney, denied he had ever tried to keep any document hidden from a lawsuit. Epic Games has alleged in its lawsuit that app store policies amount to an illegal monopoly and have caused consumers to pay artificially high prices. Google has said changing its systems would cause its Android-based app store to be less secure and damage its ability to compete with Apple (AAPL.O). Google has settled claims over its app store with dating app maker Match Group and from U.S. consumers and U.S. states.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Evelyn Hockstein, Pichai, ” Pichai, Epic's, “ Fortnite ”, Cary, Greg Bensinger, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Google, U.S, India's, White, REUTERS, Alphabet's Google, Epic Games, Games, Apple, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, San Francisco, North Carolina, U.S

☆ Epic Games is eliminating 16% of its workforce and selling Bandcamp
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

BROOKLYN, NY - AUGUST 09: CEO of Epic Games Tim Sweeney speaks onstage during Samsung Unpacked New York City at Barclays Center on August 9, 2018 in Brooklyn City. Epic Games on Thursday said it's laying off 16% of its workforce, selling its music platform Bandcamp and spining off most of its SuperAwesome services. Sweeney also announced that Epic will sell its music platform Bandcamp, which it acquired last year, to Songtradr, a music licensing platform. The layoffs at Epic Games are the latest in a growing list of job cuts across tech industry, which has faced slowing growth and higher interest rates since early last year. WATCH: Apple declares victory after Epic Games decision

Persons: Tim Sweeney, we've, Sweeney, Songtradr, China's Tencent Organizations: Epic, Samsung Unpacked, Barclays Center, SuperAwesome, Apple, Epic Games Locations: BROOKLYN, NY, York City, Brooklyn City

☆ The Big Yawn: You really think the FTC will win against Amazon?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Insider has asked Apple, Google and Amazon for comment on various antitrust allegations in the past. But consumers don't pay for Google Search. The results of a Google search Alistair Barr/Insider/GoogleThe Amazon situation is similar. Marketpulse estimated earlier this year that Amazon sellers pay more than 50% of their revenue to Amazon in fees now. The results of an Amazon search Alistair Barr/Insider/AmazonEven Apple does this in its App Store.

Persons: —, Mark Schlisky, didn't, Lina Kahn, haven't, Vail, Alistair Barr, superstores, Burton Organizations: FTC, Amazon, DOJ, Google, Apple, Service, Bernstein, Big Tech, Ikon, Epic's, Epic, Vail Resorts

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - Epic Games on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the antitrust case it brought against Apple (AAPL.O), hoping to reverse lower court rulings that have found the iPhone maker has not violated antitrust laws. In 2021, a trial court ruled Apple's App Store does not break antitrust laws. But the lower court said a provision that prevents developers from providing users with a link to other third-party payment methods violated a California unfair competition law. Epic's filing on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify several complex areas of antitrust law. Epic has argued the trial court performed that legal balancing test incorrectly.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Apple, Stephen Nellis, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Wednesday, U.S, Supreme, Ninth Circuit, Thomson Locations: California, San Francisco

Smartphone with Epic Games logo is seen in front of Apple logo in this illustration taken, May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationAug 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a setback to Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," in its legal battle against Apple (AAPL.O), declining to let a federal judge's injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. Circuit Court of Appeals that effectively delayed implementing an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers barring certain App Store rules while Apple pursues a Supreme Court appeal. The 9th Circuit in April had upheld the injunction but in July put that decision on hold. Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Apple, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Epic Games, San, Circuit, Appeals, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, New York

☆ Apple to ask US Supreme Court to undo App Store order in Epic Games case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Mike Scarcella | Industry Insight | Corporate Attorneys Don T Want To Pay Law Firms For Chatgpt When They Could Use It Themselves | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Circuit Court of Appeals that kept in place most of the order issued in 2021 by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. In appeals to the 9th Circuit, Epic challenged key parts of the judge's ruling that favored Apple, while Apple challenged the order concerning the App Store. On Friday, the 9th Circuit rejected petitions from Apple and Epic urging the court to revisit its April decision. Epic Games also can ask the Supreme Court to hear its appeal. Circuit Court of Appeals, No.

Persons: Apple, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Rogers, Mike Scarcella, Leigh Jones, Will Dunham Organizations: Supreme, Epic, San, Circuit, U.S, Apple, Apple ., Apple Inc, Thomson Locations: U.S, San Francisco, California

☆ OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft is coming to Epic Systems to help save doctors time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft's speech recognition subsidiary Nuance Communications on Tuesday announced its AI-powered clinical notes application is coming to Epic Systems to help reduce physicians' administrative workloads. Epic is a health care software company that helps hospitals and other health systems store, share and access electronic health records. More than 500,000 physicians and 306 million patients across the globe use Epic's offerings, and the company has long-standing partnerships with both Microsoft and Nuance. Nuance told CNBC Tuesday that integrating its latest solution, Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, into Epic is a "major step" toward that goal. "The last thing they want to do is pajama time," Peter Durlach, chief strategy officer at Nuance told CNBC in an interview Tuesday.

Persons: DAX, Garrett Adams, Peter Durlach, Adams, Durlach Organizations: Microsoft Corp, Tuesday, Epic Systems, Microsoft, CNBC, American Medical Association, DAX Express Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, U.S, HIPAA

June 8 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games on Wednesday both asked a U.S. appeals court to reconsider its April ruling in an antitrust case that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple and Epic, in separate court filings, mounted challenges to a ruling by a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Epic also argued that the appeals court did not conduct a "rigorous" balancing between asserted asserted consumer benefits and anticompetitive effects of Apple's practices. Circuit Court of Appeals, No.

Persons: Apple, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Gonzalez Rogers, Mike Scarcella, Leigh Jones Organizations: Apple, Circuit, Appeals, banc, U.S, Supreme, Apple Inc, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, California, Epic's, Apple's, South Korea, Netherlands, Japan

☆ The healthcare system is racing to unleash breakthrough AI models despite profound unanswered questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Blake Dodge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The behemoth health-records company Epic, which touches all corners of the healthcare ecosystem, is embracing generative AI as a necessary priority. For eight months, he and a team at Microsoft have been working with OpenAI to explore how generative AI could work in healthcare. Scientific, ethical, and legal mysteries behind ChatGPTLee's panel drew top leaders from tech and healthcare, and their questions on generative AI were sweeping. OConnor edited the note to fix a mistake and clicked a button to transfer it directly into the patient's health record. Generative AI is far from a slam dunk, HIMSS's Bogdan said, citing adoption and privacy concerns.

☆ A.I. takes center stage at HIMSS health conference
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

HIMSS conference attendees walk the exhibition floor Source: HIMSSDebates over artificial intelligence and its role in health care took center stage at the HIMSS Global Health Conference in Chicago this week, where more than 35,000 physicians, executives, engineers and health-care workers convened to discuss the latest advancements in health and technology. Generative AI refers to programs that can use fairly complicated prompts from end users to generate text or images. Just as generative AI has captured the attention of the general public, it has also captivated the medical community. HIMSS attendees told CNBC they believe generative AI can help with these tasks. More than 35,000 people attended the HIMSS conference in 2023 Source: HIMSS

☆ Fortnite developer ordered to pay $245 million to refund 'tricked' players in federal settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fortnite developer Epic Games will pay $245 million over its practices surrounding in-game purchases. The payout runs tandem with a $275 million fine the developer agreed to play in December. The FTC plans to return the $245 million payout to consumers. Separate from the $245 million payout, Epic will also pay $275 million for violating children's privacy law. Epic's flagship video game Fortnite is free for players to download, but includes several options for in-game purchases like virtual gear for characters.

[1/2] The Epic Games logo, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite", is pictured on a screen in this picture illustration August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Illustration/File PhotoNEW DELHI, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. firm Epic Games is challenging Google in an Indian tribunal for not complying with some portions of an antitrust directive, alleging that the tech giant is not hosting the gaming company's app store on Google's Play Store app. Maker of the popular video game "Fortnite", Epic operates its own app store, Epic Games Store, that offers games and other apps for download. The company claims in the filing it is "exploring launching" the Games Store app on Google Play Store and has been "adversely affected" by Google not complying with the CCI order. Epic is known for campaigns against Apple (AAPL.O) and Google for charging high app store commissions.

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