Oh please just stop. You are wrong, wrong, wrong.
And yes, I’m quite familiar with Epic.
I’ve worked in hospital IT since 1997, and for Epic’s largest competitor for the last 14 years.
I can assure you that while Epic, and other EMRs, are used nationwide, none of them could remotely considered to be a “national database”.
Incorrect of course.
A database that is used nationwide is indeed a national data base.
And yes, the clerks all have access to it, because they have to, how do you think Mr Hospital IT Guy, that the data in the system is entered and retrieved?
All of your low level clerks have access to the health data files.
I am sorry reality offends you.