If your customers run Epic, building a clean, listed Epic integration is one of the most effective ways to reach and sell to them. Epic’s developer ecosystem — historically App Orchard, now organized as Connection Hub with the Showroom marketplace — is the channel, and getting an app through it takes real SMART on FHIR and Epic-specific engineering. Taction Software builds Epic-integrated apps end to end: SMART on FHIR development, Epic FHIR API integration, the Epic-specific patterns, and support through submission and listing.

To be clear about roles: we are your development partner for Epic-integrated apps, not Epic. Listing, certification decisions, and program terms are Epic’s, and they require your own Epic program relationship — we build the software and help you navigate the process. For Epic integration more broadly, see our Epic EHR integration practice and Epic integration guide.

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Why Epic Marketplace Distribution Matters

Reach Epic’s Large Patient Base

Epic holds records for a very large share of US patients — Epic has cited figures in the hundreds of millions — so a listed Epic app reaches an enormous installed base through one channel.

Streamlined Health System Procurement

A listed, pre-vetted app is far easier for an Epic-using health system to evaluate and buy than an unknown integration, shortening procurement.

Pre-Approved Integration Pattern

Building to Epic’s supported integration patterns means you are working within an approved, repeatable model rather than fighting the EHR.

Our Epic Development Capabilities

SMART on FHIR App Development

EHR-launched apps, patient-launched apps, and standalone apps built on the SMART on FHIR standard — on our FHIR API development foundation.

Epic FHIR API Integration

USCDI resource coverage, Epic-specific resources, and bulk data export so your app reads and writes the data it needs through Epic’s APIs.

App Submission & Certification

Support through App Orchard submission, Connection Hub listing, and Showroom inclusion — preparing the technical artifacts and working with you through Epic’s process.

Epic-Specific Integration Patterns

Hyperspace embedded apps (in the clinician workflow), MyChart integration (patient-facing, via our patient portal work), and Care Everywhere integration for record exchange.

Epic Marketplace Tiers & Strategy

We help you choose the right route — App Orchard Direct, Connection Hub, Showroom / Workshop, or open-API listed — based on your product, customers, and the relationship you want with Epic. The naming has evolved, and we keep you oriented to the current structure.

Common Use Cases We Build

We build clinical decision support apps (see our clinical decision support work), patient engagement apps, care coordination apps, specialty practice apps, and AI/ML integration apps (via our healthcare AI work) — all on our custom healthcare software foundation.

Epic App Development Process

Use Case Validation

We validate the use case and the integration approach before building.

Sandbox Development

We build against Epic’s sandbox / on-FHIR test resources.

Testing Environment Certification

We move through Epic’s testing-environment validation toward certification.

Pilot Customer Validation

We validate with a real Epic-using pilot customer to prove fit before broad release.

Marketplace Submission

We prepare and support the marketplace submission for Connection Hub / Showroom listing.

Timeline & Investment

Typical ranges, with the listing timeline also dependent on Epic’s process:

MVP: 3–6 months.
Production + marketplace: 6–12 months.
Multi-module apps: 12–18 months.

We give a firmer estimate of the development scope after the strategy workshop.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Difference between App Orchard / Connection Hub / Showroom?

They are stages of the same evolving ecosystem. App Orchard was Epic’s original developer program and marketplace; Epic has reorganized this into Connection Hub (the developer program and listing) with Showroom as the marketplace customers browse. The terms still circulate together, so we keep you aligned to Epic’s current structure and choose the right route for your product.

Epic certification cost?

Epic sets its own program fees and terms, and they depend on your arrangement and tier — we do not control or quote them, and you will establish them directly with Epic. What we scope is the development cost to build and ready your app; the Epic program costs are separate and confirmed with Epic.

Can we sell without Epic listing?

Sometimes, depending on the integration and the customer’s policies, but a listing materially eases procurement and trust for Epic-using customers and is often expected. We help you weigh listing against a direct integration based on your go-to-market.

Multi-EHR strategy?

Building to SMART on FHIR gives you a strong foundation that extends beyond Epic to other FHIR-capable EHRs, so we architect for portability where a multi-EHR strategy matters, then handle the Epic-specific layer for the Epic channel.