Evidence-backed comparison of Altera Sunrise and Epic across capabilities, integrations, deployment options, confidence and known limitations.
TechSelectAI compares Altera Sunrise and Epic using recorded product evidence rather than user-specific recommendation scoring. Altera Sunrise currently has 23 supported, 21 conditional, 31 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Epic currently has 42 supported, 8 conditional, 25 unknown/not-yet-verified, and 0 not-supported capabilities. Known-fact confidence is 99% for Altera Sunrise and 99% for Epic. Latest recorded review or verification activity across the comparison: Sep 21, 2026.
This summary reflects recorded TechSelectAI evidence only. It is separate from buyer-specific Fit Score, Evidence Confidence, TechSelectAI Verified Reviews and Public Review Intelligence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported.
Clinical and financial EHR platform for hospitals and health systems with acute, ambulatory, patient-engagement, interoperability and revenue-cycle workflows documented by Altera Digital Health.
Integrated healthcare software suite for hospitals, clinics and health systems with acute, ambulatory, patient-engagement, interoperability and revenue-cycle capabilities documented by Epic.
Different coverage percentages can reflect how much TechSelectAI has researched and verified, not which product is better. “Research pending” means the current evidence set is incomplete; it is not evidence that the product lacks the capability.
Status and confidence reflect recorded evidence. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported. In the summary above, TechSelectAI labels this state “research pending”.
| Capability | Altera Sunrise | Epic |
|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory / outpatient workflowsAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Supported100% confidenceAltera explicitly documents Sunrise ambulatory workflows, including patient management, messaging and scheduling views. | Supported99% confidenceEpic documents primary-care and outpatient workflows within its integrated health-system and clinic software. |
| Care management / case managementAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents hospital case management plus population-health care management across the continuum. |
| Chronic disease managementAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic Primary Care and Population Health explicitly support chronic-condition management and care-gap follow-up. |
| Population health registriesAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported97% confidenceEpic Healthy Planet supports population cohorts, care-gap targeting and risk-stratified workflows; exact registry configuration is organization-specific. |
| Preventive-care remindersAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents automatic care-gap identification and preventive-care outreach for immunizations and screening. |
| Referral & consult managementAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Specialty clinical workflowsAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Supported97% confidenceSunrise documents personalized workflows aligned to specialties, staffing models and operational priorities. | Supported99% confidenceEpic states its health-system software supports more than 60 specialties with specialty-specific workflows. |
| Specialty protocol / disease-specific pathwaysAmbulatory, Specialty & Population Care | Supported99% confidenceSunrise supports specialty-specific protocols, including documented pediatric oncology chemotherapy protocols and configurable care pathways. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Advance directives & code statusCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Allergy & intolerance recordCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Clinical documentationCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Supported99% confidenceSunrise documents clinician documentation workflows and AI-assisted documentation within the clinical platform. | Supported99% confidenceEpic documents inpatient physician and nursing documentation workflows, including charting and drafted clinical notes. |
| Clinical note lifecycle & co-signatureCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Partially Supported97% confidenceSunrise supports structured clinical note generation and clinician review/finalization, but this pass does not generalize every co-signature or attestation workflow. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Enterprise master patient contextCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Supported100% confidenceSunrise is documented as a single-platform acute and ambulatory solution with a shared patient record across the continuum of care. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents one integrated record connecting hospitals, clinics, post-acute care and other health-system settings. |
| Interdisciplinary care plansCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceEpic acute-care material documents a shared patient record, clinical pathway and care plan used across hospital teams. |
| Longitudinal patient recordCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Supported100% confidenceAltera documents Sunrise as providing a single patient record across its acute, ambulatory and financial platform. | Supported99% confidenceEpic documents integrated software connecting hospitals, clinics and other care settings around the patient record. |
| Problem list & longitudinal diagnosesCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Structured clinical templatesCore Clinical Record & Documentation | Supported100% confidenceSunrise supports configurable clinical documentation workflows and specialty-oriented content, with personalization aligned to clinical roles and specialties. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Cardiology diagnostics integrationDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Diagnostic image viewer contextDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Partially Supported97% confidenceSunrise Medical Photography adds native image/video documentation for clinical use cases, but this is not evidence of universal diagnostic-image viewer entitlement. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Laboratory & diagnostic results reviewDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Laboratory order/result integrationDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Supported99% confidenceSunrise supports integrated results workflows within the shared patient record; historical implementations explicitly include laboratory and microbiology results. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Pathology workflow/resultsDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Radiology order/result integrationDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Partially Supported99% confidenceAltera documents Sunrise Radiology as a named hospital solution for radiology outcomes and regulatory workflows rather than universal base-Sunrise entitlement. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Result acknowledgment & follow-upDiagnostics, Results & Clinical Ancillaries | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Anesthesia documentationInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic Anesthesia supports perioperative anesthesia documentation, patient-care decisions, outcome reporting and charge capture within the surgical workflow. |
| Bed management & patient flowInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic Grand Central provides bed assignment, capacity visibility and patient-flow management across hospitals. |
| Discharge planning & transitionInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Partially Supported98% confidenceSunrise CarePath targets post-discharge communication, reminders and care continuity, but it is a named patient-engagement component rather than universal base-Sunrise functionality. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents discharge planning beginning at admission, roadblock tracking and transitions to post-acute/community care. |
| Emergency department workflowInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Partially Supported100% confidenceSunrise Emergency Care is a named hospital solution and documented production workflow rather than assumed universal base-Sunrise entitlement. | Partially Supported95% confidenceEpic publicly documents ED-derived patient-flow forecasting and emergency-encounter support through its enterprise platform, but this pass does not treat every ED feature as universally evidenced from one public page. |
| ICU / critical-care workflowInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic explicitly documents Critical Care workflows for intensivists and nursing teams. |
| Inpatient / acute-care workflowsInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Supported100% confidenceAltera explicitly describes Sunrise as an acute-care EHR platform for hospitals and health systems. | Supported100% confidenceEpic explicitly documents acute and inpatient care workflows for hospital medicine, nursing, critical care and inpatient pharmacy. |
| Inpatient handoff & roundingInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Nursing flowsheets & assessmentsInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Supported100% confidenceSunrise EPR is documented in production with digital nursing documentation, electronic observations and NEWS flowsheets across inpatient wards. | Partially Supported97% confidenceEpic explicitly documents nursing assessments and charting, but this public evidence pass does not claim every flowsheet feature or specialty configuration. |
| Perioperative / operating-room workflowInpatient, Emergency & Procedural Care | Partially Supported100% confidenceSunrise Surgical Care is a named surgical solution integrated with Sunrise clinical documentation rather than assumed universal base-Sunrise entitlement. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents OR scheduling, block management and integrated perioperative capacity workflows. |
| C-CDA / document exchangeInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported99% confidenceSunrise 25.1 documents HL7 CDA-based regulatory interoperability, but this pass does not generalize every document-exchange profile across deployments. | Supported100% confidenceEpic Care Everywhere consumes valid C-CDA/CDA documents and creates supported C-CDA clinical documents. |
| External app marketplace / ecosystemInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported97% confidenceSunrise supports connected third-party and ecosystem integrations, but external application availability depends on selected integrations and implementation. | Partially Supported97% confidenceEpic exposes FHIR, web-service and interface frameworks for third-party applications; specific app availability and commercial ecosystem participation vary by implementation. |
| FHIR / healthcare APIsInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported98% confidenceEpic documents standards-based integration and publicly available API/interface specifications; exact API availability depends on the implementing organization and use case. |
| Health information exchange / network exchangeInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported100% confidenceSunrise Axon provides TEFCA-aligned nationwide exchange and external-record normalization, but it is a named Sunrise interoperability component. | Supported100% confidenceEpic Care Everywhere exchanges patient records across organizations and different interoperable EHRs. |
| Healthcare interoperability / data exchangeInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Supported100% confidenceAltera documents Sunrise Axon and CareInMotion interoperability for exchange and aggregation of patient data across organizations and systems. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents Care Everywhere and other workflows for exchange of patient information across organizations and EHRs. |
| HL7 v2 interface supportInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic publishes broad HL7v2 interface support for identity, ADT, clinical findings and other integration workflows. |
| Medical device / bedside integrationInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported100% confidenceEpic supports IHE Device Enterprise Communication for receiving vendor-independent patient-care device data. |
| Public-health / registry reportingInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Partially Supported99% confidenceSunrise 25.1 documents electronic initial case reporting and USCDI updates, but registry/reporting scope remains jurisdiction- and implementation-dependent. | Supported100% confidenceEpic publishes interfaces for public-health surveillance, immunization, cancer and professional registry reporting. |
| SMART on FHIR app launchInteroperability, Data & Ecosystem | Supported100% confidenceSunrise 25.1 documentation explicitly references SMART App Launch Implementation Guide v2 and modern interoperability support. | Supported100% confidenceEpic supports SMART on FHIR EHR launch, standalone launch and backend services using OAuth 2.0 profiles. |
| Antimicrobial stewardship workflowOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceEpic Bugsy supports infection surveillance, trend analysis and regulatory reporting used by infection prevention teams; stewardship depth may depend on configuration. |
| Barcode medication administrationOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Best-practice advisories / care guidanceOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Supported99% confidenceSunrise supports embedded clinical guidance and standardized care pathways, including documented national clinical guidance embedded into care workflows. | Supported99% confidenceEpic documents embedded decision support and proactive guidance in inpatient workflows. |
| Clinical decision supportOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Clinical order management / CPOEOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Clinical surveillance & deterioration alertsOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Partially Supported97% confidenceSunrise supports context-driven information and alerting in clinical workflows, but this pass does not infer every surveillance package or deterioration model. | Supported99% confidenceEpic documents critical-care and infection-control workflows designed to detect potential problems and support early intervention. |
| Dose range / interaction / allergy checkingOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Supported100% confidenceSunrise-integrated ePMA workflows provide clinical decision support for prescribing errors, drug interactions, allergic responses and formulary guidance. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Medication administrationOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported97% confidenceEpic documents inpatient pharmacy workflows coordinating ordering, verification, preparation, dispensing and administration in one system. |
| Medication reconciliationOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Supported100% confidenceSunrise-integrated ePMA/pharmacy workflows at Bolton explicitly support admission and discharge medication reconciliation. | Partially Supported96% confidenceEpic acute-care and transition workflows support medication continuity across care transitions, but this pass does not infer every reconciliation workflow variant. |
| Order sets & standardized pathwaysOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Supported99% confidenceSunrise Acute Care has documented protocol-based order workflows, including pediatric oncology chemotherapy protocols implemented directly in the EHR. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Pharmacy verification & dispensing workflowOrders, Medication & Clinical Safety | Partially Supported99% confidenceSunrise-integrated pharmacy workflows support pharmacist verification and checks, but dispensing depth depends on the connected pharmacy system and implementation. | Supported100% confidenceEpic explicitly documents ordering, pharmacist verification, preparation, dispensing and administration in one inpatient pharmacy workflow. |
| Digital check-in & arrivalPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Partially Supported99% confidenceSunrise CarePath provides patient self-service and scheduling capabilities, but digital arrival/check-in depth depends on enabled patient-engagement configuration. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents digital check-in and patient self-service through its patient-experience workflows. |
| Digital intake & pre-visit formsPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Partially Supported97% confidenceSunrise CarePath and patient-engagement workflows support mobile self-service and communication, but detailed intake-form depth depends on configuration. | Partially Supported98% confidenceEpic patient-experience and digital-front-door workflows support online intake and pre-visit digital interactions; exact forms and configuration vary by organization. |
| Enterprise registration & ADTPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Partially Supported99% confidenceAltera documents enterprise registration and scheduling in Sunrise implementations, but this pass treats registration/ADT as implementation-bounded rather than universal base-Sunrise entitlement. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents HL7v2 registration, demographic, ADT, insurance and bed-status workflows. |
| Patient portal / health-record accessPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Supported97% confidenceSunrise CarePath is documented as a patient-engagement platform with patient information access, communication and self-service; it should not be assumed to be included in every Sunrise contract. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents MyChart and related patient-experience tools for access to clinical information and care functions. |
| Patient scheduling & self-servicePatient Access & Digital Engagement | Supported97% confidenceSunrise CarePath documents automated scheduling, appointment reminders and patient self-service; availability depends on selected Sunrise components. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents online appointment scheduling, digital check-in and patient self-service through its patient experience. |
| Patient-reported outcomes & questionnairesPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Partially Supported96% confidenceSunrise patient-engagement and specialty workflows can collect structured patient information, but this pass does not establish universal PRO tooling across all deployments. | Partially Supported98% confidenceEpic documents collection of patient-reported outcomes in research and specialty workflows; this pass does not infer universal use across every care setting. |
| Secure patient messagingPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Partially Supported100% confidenceSunrise CarePath provides real-time secure messaging and direct patient communication, but it is a named patient-engagement component. | Supported100% confidenceEpic MyChart patient experience supports secure patient communication with care teams. |
| Virtual care / telehealthPatient Access & Digital Engagement | Partially Supported96% confidenceSunrise patient engagement can extend beyond in-person care, but the reviewed first-party material does not justify a universal native telehealth claim for every deployment. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents telemedicine, remote care and e-visits as part of the patient experience and primary-care workflows. |
| Audit trail / break-glass monitoringPlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Clinician mobile accessPlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Supported100% confidenceSunrise Mobile provides mobile access to patient records, secure communication, alerts, real-time updates and point-of-care documentation. | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Disaster recovery / business continuityPlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Enterprise scale / multi-hospital deploymentPlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Supported100% confidenceSunrise is positioned for hospitals and health systems with acute, ambulatory and financial workflows in a single platform. | Supported100% confidenceEpic explicitly positions the platform for integrated health systems spanning hospitals, clinics, post-acute care, health plans and other enterprise settings. |
| High availability / downtime resiliencePlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Role-based access controlPlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Not Yet Verified0% confidence |
| Single sign-on / identity federationPlatform, Mobility, Security & Resilience | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Partially Supported99% confidenceEpic supports SMART on FHIR OAuth-based authentication and EHR launch patterns; broader enterprise identity-provider configurations are implementation-specific and not generalized here. |
| Capacity / command-center operationsRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Partially Supported96% confidenceAltera provides operational control and role-based hospital views, but this pass does not establish a universal dedicated command-center module comparable across all Sunrise deployments. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents a Capacity Command Center with real-time system-wide capacity, bed and staffing visibility. |
| Coding & clinical documentation improvementRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Partially Supported98% confidenceSunrise Surgical Care improves charge capture and coding documentation, but this pass does not generalize full enterprise CDI workflow depth. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement workflows with encoder integration, SMART on FHIR launch patterns and bidirectional coding interfaces. |
| Enterprise clinical & operational analyticsRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Supported99% confidenceSunrise documents operational and financial control plus continuous performance improvements informed by real-world usage; exact analytics modules vary by deployment. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents enterprise healthcare intelligence, population analytics, operational analytics and predictive patient-flow insights. |
| Hospital billing / facility claimsRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Supported100% confidenceSunrise is positioned as an integrated clinical and financial platform for hospitals, and Sunrise 25.1 documents centralized billing and denials workflows. | Supported100% confidenceEpic explicitly documents hospital billing in its integrated access and revenue-cycle suite. |
| Professional billingRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Partially Supported97% confidenceAltera provides physician-practice revenue-cycle services and Sunrise ambulatory financial workflows, but this pass does not infer every professional-billing feature as universal Sunrise entitlement. | Supported100% confidenceEpic explicitly documents professional billing alongside hospital billing and integrated access workflows. |
| Revenue cycle / billing workflowsRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Supported100% confidenceAltera documents Sunrise Financial Manager and Sunrise revenue-cycle workflows including centralized billing, claims work queues and financial performance visibility. | Supported100% confidenceEpic documents integrated access, professional and hospital billing, collections and related revenue-cycle workflows. |
| Utilization managementRevenue Cycle & Enterprise Operations | Not Yet Verified0% confidence | Supported99% confidenceEpic case management documents utilization-review workflows and payer communication. |
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