# How Corewell Health Integrated Epic and Illumia to Cut Waste and Improve Patient Safety Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthcare-it-today-interviews-307487/how-corewell-health-integrated-epic-and-illumia-to-cut-waste-and-improve-patient-safety Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthcare-it-today-interviews-307487/how-corewell-health-integrated-epic-and-illumia-to-cut-waste-and-improve-patient-safety.md Podcast: [Healthcare IT Today Interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthcare-it-today-interviews-307487) Published: 2026-06-17T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heathcareittodayinterview/episodes/How-Corewell-Health-Integrated-Epic-and-Illumia-to-Cut-Waste-and-Improve-Patient-Safety-e3kj4v1 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/2c6f3bc4/podcast/play/121262497/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F425852602-44100-2-3c02e6770d1bb.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/healthcare-it-today-interviews-307487/episodes/how-corewell-health-integrated-epic-and-illumia-to-cut-waste-and-improve-patient-safety Duration seconds: 1251 ## Resource Trying to stitch together legacy software after a merger is a guaranteed way to bleed productivity. The smartest health systems bypass the politics and build from scratch. Anthony Boggs, Senior Director of Support Services at Corewell Health, reveals how his team completely overhauled their foodservice operations following a massive three-system merger. He shares how standardizing on Illumia NetMenu and connecting it directly to Epic eliminated food waste and automated patient dietary safety. You will learn the exact strategy they used to cut food SKUs by 70 percent and why retail operations actually dictate hospital food tech. 🔔 Subscribe for more great interviews with Health IT leaders. Learn more about Corewell Health at https://corewellhealth.org/ Learn more about Illumia at https://illumiatech.com/ Find more great health IT content at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/healthcare-it-today-interviews-307487/episodes/how-corewell-health-integrated-epic-and-illumia-to-cut-waste-and-improve-patient-safety/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthcare-it-today-interviews-307487/how-corewell-health-integrated-epic-and-illumia-to-cut-waste-and-improve-patient-safety.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.