AgileMD vs Epic Sepsis Model
A cleared device against an embedded feature, and the paperwork is the argument. eCART is FDA cleared Class II software with a named model class, a defined indication limited to hospitalised adult ward patients, more than fifty peer reviewed publications behind it and the first race stratified performance disclosure in this category. The Epic Sepsis Model is proprietary, has published no model description or subgroup analysis, operates under the decision support exclusions, and is running at hundreds of hospitals right now at no incremental procurement cost. Most health systems evaluating this are really asking whether to pay for something they already have a version of. The answer turns on what the free one is doing at your hospital, which almost nobody has measured, and on whether your quality committee is comfortable defending a model nobody outside the vendor can describe.
- The model is the cleared device and the filing says so, with the model class named and the cleared indication restricting use to hospitalised ward patients aged 18 and over, which is an explicit and unusual scope statement.
- More than fifty peer reviewed publications behind it since 2012, which is the deepest evidence base in this category and one of the deepest in the index.
- It published race stratified performance, the first vendor in this category to do so, which is the benchmark every other deterioration vendor should now be asked to match.
- No procurement at all. It runs inside the record system the hospital already licenses, with no new contract, integration project or data processor.
- The widest deployment of any product in this index, and the published evidence about it spans genuinely different hospital settings rather than one institution's experience.
- The privacy position is structurally strongest, since the model runs inside the existing record system under the existing agreement and no third party receives patient data.
Side by Side
| Axis | A AgileMD |
E Epic Sepsis Model |
|---|---|---|
| AI Centrality | ||
| Autonomy and Oversight Model | ||
| Model and Technology Transparency | ||
| Clinical and Operational Evidence | ||
| AI Safety and PHI Stewardship | ||
| HIPAA and BAA Posture | ||
| Security Certifications and Trust Center | ||
| FDA and Regulatory Status | ||
| AI Governance and Bias Disclosure | ||
| EHR and Interoperability Depth | ||
| Deployment Model and Data Residency | ||
| Commercial Transparency | ||
| Setting and Specialty Coverage |
Related comparisons
Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Inpatient Deterioration & Risk Monitoring page.
The two products are not equivalent in regulatory status and that is the substance of this comparison. eCART holds a 510(k) clearance as Class II software with a defined indication and a named model class; the Epic Sepsis Model operates under the clinical decision support exclusions with no device authorisation, no published model description and no subgroup performance disclosure at a national deployment scale.
AgileMD's SOC 2 claim does not specify the type, which is the standing question this index puts to every unqualified attestation. Neither vendor publishes pricing, and Epic publishes no indication of whether the model is included in an existing licence or priced separately.