AITRICS VitalCare vs Epic Sepsis Model (2026)
Both predict deterioration from routine EHR data on hospital wards. AITRICS VitalCare, from Seoul, works where patients are measured intermittently rather than monitored continuously, using up to 19 routine inputs, vital signs and blood tests, to predict deterioration and sepsis in hospitalized adults. Across two company led studies it publishes sensitivity, alarms per 100 patient days and lead time. The Epic Sepsis Model is built into Epic's record, scoring adult emergency and hospitalized patients every 15 minutes against a threshold each health system sets, and outside researchers have revalidated it on their own data. Choose VitalCare for a ward model with its alert burden published; choose the Epic model if you run Epic and will tune the threshold yourself.
- Patients on your wards are measured intermittently, not monitored continuously.
- You want sensitivity, alert burden and lead time published.
- Deterioration and sepsis should come from one model.
- Your hospital runs Epic and wants the model already in the record.
- Independent revalidation on other hospitals' data matters to your committee.
- Your team will set and monitor the alert threshold.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. AITRICS VitalCare and Epic Sepsis Model are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | AITRICS VitalCare | Epic Sepsis Model |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Inpatient Deterioration & Risk Monitoring | Inpatient Deterioration & Risk Monitoring |
| Founded | Not recorded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Seoul, Republic of Korea | Verona, Wisconsin, United States |
| Website | aitrics.com | epic.com |
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AITRICS is a Seoul medical AI company whose AITRICS-VC (VitalCare) predicts deterioration in hospitalized adults from routine electronic medical record data. It focuses on the general ward, where patients are measured intermittently rather than monitored continuously, so the models must work from sparse, irregular measurements.
Source: AI Health Index, September 2026
The Epic Sepsis Model is the sepsis prediction model built into Epic's electronic health record. It scores adult emergency and hospitalized patients every 15 minutes and alerts clinicians when a score crosses the threshold each health system sets. Version 1 (2018) was a penalized logistic regression.
Source: AI Health Index, September 2026
Questions buyers ask
How do AITRICS VitalCare and Epic Sepsis Model work with the EHR?
For AITRICS VitalCare, the US 510(k) describes the software analyzing patient data sourced from the EHR, and the product page describes connecting to the hospital's internal network to collect EMR data.
The model reads vital signs, laboratory results, medication administration and other chart data directly from Epic every 15 minutes and returns its score and alerts into the clinician's workflow, with no interface or data feed to build. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified September 29, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How are AITRICS VitalCare and Epic Sepsis Model priced and sold?
In AITRICS VitalCare's case, the product is sold to hospitals through an inquiry form, and in Korea it has entered the conditional new health technology assessment program, which bears on how it may be reimbursed there.
The model is available only to Epic customers, inside Epic, and is switched on by the health system; the Wong paper records Epic's figure of 95 organizations on version 2 and more than 100 still on version 1 in August 2025. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified September 29, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How do AITRICS VitalCare and Epic Sepsis Model handle patient data?
With AITRICS VitalCare, the company holds ISO/IEC 27701 privacy management certification alongside ISO 27001 (LRQA, October 2025) and describes de-identification and encryption procedures across its data lifecycle. Its privacy policy, written under Korea's Personal Information Protection Act, covers product inquiries, customer support and recruitment, not the ward data AITRICS-VC processes in hospitals.
The model runs inside the health system's Epic environment and each site fine-tunes version 2 on its own historical inpatient data, as the independent validations describe the deployment, so no third party model provider receives patient data. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified September 29, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Which settings and specialties do AITRICS VitalCare and Epic Sepsis Model cover?
For AITRICS VitalCare, the product covers inpatients 19 and older: adverse event and sepsis scores in general wards and a mortality score in the ICU under the Korean approval, while the US clearance covers only a rules-based general ward dashboard. The ward focus matters because ward patients are measured intermittently rather than continuously.
With Epic Sepsis Model, coverage is adults only, with no pediatric model. Performance varies widely by site, so the validated settings show where the model has been tested, not how it will perform at a new hospital. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified September 29, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
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.
Both records were reviewed on this site in September 2026. Neither publishes a price. AITRICS claims FDA clearance for its AI, but its 510(k) clears a rules based early warning dashboard, and its studies are company led. Epic states no regulatory position for its model.
Ask AITRICS which product its clearance covers, and ask Epic what alert burden other hospitals measured.