Epic has launched an AI Charting feature as part of its growing portfolio of AI functionality for clinicians, in a move designed to reduce admin burden and allow more focused time with patients.
AI Charting is part of Art, Epic’s AI for clinicians. Its capabilities are said to include listening-in during consultations, drafting clinician notes, and scheduling orders based on the conversation. Clinicians are also able to personalise note structure with voice commands, suggesting edits such as the use of bullet points.
Developers worked closely with clinicians across a number of different specialities on AI Charting’s development, Corey Miller, vice president of R&D states, adding: “Feedback has been very positive, and we’re iterating quickly based on what clinicians tell us works best.”
MyChart Central, a feature granting patients a single Epic ID to be used across all Epic providers, is also now live in all 50 US states, making logging in and taking advantage of its AI capabilities for patients easier.
In the same release, Epic shares some details on uptake of its AI tooling, noting that overall use of Art is increasing, and that its Insights feature that summarises information from across a patient’s chart is now used “over 16 million times each month – a nearly 3x increase in usage from November 2025”.
More than 200 organisations are now reportedly utilising Epic’s Penny AI for operational workflows, and Emmie AI, which offers conversational assistance within MyChart and via text message is continuing to expand.
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