HEALTH
Epic Systems Faces Executive Exodus After President Exit
The health tech giant is bleeding top brass, starting with president Sumit Rana and now R&D senior VP Seth Hain.
Epic Systems is experiencing a wave of high-profile executive departures, following the unexpected exit of president Sumit Rana. R&D senior vice president Seth Hain is now also leaving the healthcare software company.
- President Sumit Rana unexpectedly departed just weeks after being expected to succeed CEO Judy Faulkner.
- R&D senior vice president Seth Hain is also leaving the company.
- The departures mark a spate of high-profile exits for the health tech giant according to STAT.
WHY THIS MATTERSWHY THIS MATTERS: Epic software controls electronic health records for a massive chunk of the U.S. healthcare system. When the people running the infrastructure leave, hospitals, patient portals, and your medical data pipeline can get messy fast.