Two leaders of EHR vendor companies appeared on the recent Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans.
Larry Ellison, chair, chief technology officer and co-founder of Oracle, owns about 35 percent of the software giant, which bought EHR vendor Cerner in June. He ranks fourth on the list released Sept. 27, with a net worth of $101 billion.
Judy Faulkner, the founder and CEO of EHR vendor Epic, ranked 128th on the list, with a $6.7 billion net worth.
Epic and Oracle Cerner are the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 largest EHR vendors by hospital market share, respectively.