{"id":1981919,"date":"2023-07-25T05:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-of-health-records-company-that-locks-out-parents-is-major-democratic-donor\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T06:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:02:22","slug":"ceo-of-health-records-company-that-locks-out-parents-is-major-democratic-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-of-health-records-company-that-locks-out-parents-is-major-democratic-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"Health records company CEO, a prominent Democratic donor, excludes parents from accessing their children&#8217;s records."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fceo-of-health-records-company-that-locks-out-parents-is-major-democratic-donor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Judith Faulkner: A Controversial Figure in \u2064the Medical Software \u200bIndustry<\/h2>\n<p>Judith Faulkner, \u200dthe founder and CEO\u200b of Epic Systems, a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-of-health-records-company-that-locks-out-parents-is-major-democratic-donor\/\" title=\"Health records company CEO, a prominent Democratic donor, excludes parents from accessing their children's records.\">leading electronic health software company<\/a>, has recently come under scrutiny\u200b for her political affiliations \u2064and the \u200cpotential impact they have\u200d on\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mo-ag-sues-school-district-for-imposing-mask-mandate-on-children\/\" title=\"Mo. AG sues school district for imposing mask mandate on children\">medical decision-making<\/a>. Epic Systems has been\u200c accused of enabling \u200bdoctors to \u200cbypass parental consent laws,\u200c allowing children to pursue medical pathways without\u2064 their \u200bparents&#8217; knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2064Major Donor\u2062 to\u2063 Left-Wing Candidates<\/h3>\n<p>A recent investigation by the Washington Examiner \u200brevealed that Faulkner has been a significant donor\u2063 to left-wing\u200c candidates. This raises concerns about the alignment between her \u2063company&#8217;s \u200cpractices and \u200bthe political \u200cideologies of those she supports financially. For example, Wisconsin Attorney\u200c General \u200cJosh Kaul, who received $20,000 from Faulkner \u2062during his reelection bid, \u200cis\u200d known for supporting the\u2064 very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-teammate-and-chloe-cole-to-testify-to-congress-on-dangers-of-gender-transitions\/\" title=\"Lia Thomas and Chloe Cole to address Congress on gender transition risks.\">minor consent laws<\/a> that Epic Systems utilizes to bypass \u2064parental\u200b rights.<\/p>\n<p>Faulkner&#8217;s political contributions\u2062 extend beyond \u200bWisconsin. \u200bShe has also donated\u200c to prominent figures like\u2062 President\u2064 Joe Biden, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),\u200d and \u2064former\u2062 Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. \u200cAdditionally,\u2062 she has supported Democratic parties in various states, including Wisconsin, Virginia, Minnesota, Colorado,\u200c Pennsylvania,\u2064 Nebraska, and North Carolina.<\/p>\n<h3>A Concerning Influence on Medical Records<\/h3>\n<p>Tom Jones, the president of the American Accountability Foundation, expressed his \u2063concerns about Faulkner&#8217;s influence, stating, &#8220;Americans\u200c should be rightly concerned that a large portion of \u2062the country&#8217;s medical \u200drecords\u2063 are\u2064 controlled by a \u2064reclusive radical liberal activist\u2062 who\u200b has made it part of her life\u2019s work to \u200bpromote social policies that are out\u200b of step with average Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Epic Systems, under Faulkner&#8217;s leadership, has become \u2062the \u200dpreferred\u2064 records software for numerous hospital systems,\u200b serving a staggering 305\u2064 million patients. \u2064Notable institutions \u200blike\u200b Johns Hopkins, Children&#8217;s Hospital, and Cleveland\u2062 Clinic rely on Epic&#8217;s software. With a 36% market share in hospitals, Epic holds \u2063an 11% advantage over\u2063 its closest competitor, Oracle Cerner.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy\u2063 Surrounding Transgender Issues<\/h3>\n<p>In\u2064 addition to its market\u200d dominance, Epic Systems has \u200dfaced criticism \u200cfor its activism on transgender issues. The \u200dcompany has\u200c been accused\u200b of\u200d advocating\u200d for children to pursue controversial medical pathways without\u2063 parental knowledge or consent. One \u200bexample cited by the Washington Examiner involves Children&#8217;s Hospital New Orleans, where Epic&#8217;s product, MyChart, allowed a 13-year-old \u2063girl named Violet to access medical\u200d care\u200d without her parents&#8217; involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Representative Mike Johnson expressed his concerns, stating, \u2064&#8221;Protecting children\u2062 from \u200birreparable bodily harm \u2062should\u2063 not be a partisan\u200c issue. Sadly, Democrat\u200c politicians and their donors are\u200b threatening parental protections\u200b of\u2064 our children.&#8221; Johnson \u200dis currently chairing a\u200d committee on the\u2064 &#8220;dangers&#8221; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-supreme-court-rules-child-gender-transitions-can-be-investigated-as-child-abuse\/\" title=\"Texas Supreme Court Rules Child Gender Transitions Can Be Investigated As Child Abuse\">child gender transitions<\/a>\u2064 and believes that federal\u2062 laws are necessary to safeguard families from politically motivated companies like Epic.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u200cMixed Record of Political Donations<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the controversy\u2063 surrounding Faulkner\u200d and \u200bEpic Systems, it \u2064is worth noting that\u200c Faulkner has also donated\u2062 money to\u200d some Republican politicians. Senators\u2062 Bill \u200cCassidy (R-LA) and Richard \u200dBurr, as well\u200c as Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), have\u2063 received \u2064contributions from\u200c Faulkner. It is important to \u2063consider\u2063 the context of these donations, as both \u2063Cassidy and Burr were\u200d members \u200cof the Senate \u200dHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at \u200cthe time.<\/p>\n<p>Epic Systems declined to comment on \u2063the Washington Examiner&#8217;s inquiry regarding these allegations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE\u200b WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>medical treatments without parental knowledge or consent. Despite her political affiliations, Faulkner&#8217;s company&#8217;s practices have raised concerns about the potential infringement on parental rights and the ethical implications of separating families in medical decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}