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Though only 10 to 15 percent of the healthcare market is currently utilizing a real-time location system (RTLS) solution, 95 percent of them (ranging from facilities with 25 beds to large IDNs with thousands of beds), cite operational efficiency gains, according to a new KLAS report — Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) 2011: Maximizing the ROI. [...]
The results are in: KLAS just released its “Best In KLAS” vendor scores, and guess who won in almost every category? It’s an “epic” landslide, with the folks from Verona winning in 27 of 23 categories (only weak in Time & Attendance and PACS…) and scoring an amazing 12.7 on KLAS’ 10-point scale… or something [...]
In 2009, KLAS reported nearly all software-hosting vendors were performing better than third-party hosting firms. Since then, service firms ACS and Dell have had significantly improved satisfaction scores, according to the company’s recent report: Application Hosting: Dynamic Changes Bring Providers Better Options. They now rival the traditionally highly performing software vendors Cerner, GE, McKesson, and Siemens. ACS [...]
No one vendor has gained a strong foothold as an integrated human capital management (HCM) offering, according to the KLAS report, Human Capital Management: Finding the Right Vendor Mix. The 170 study respondents to the survey named 60 vendors as part of their HCM strategies, according to the Orem, Utah-based company. With a strong provider focus [...]
Epic was the top-ranked overall software vendor with an 87.1 out of 100 in the recently released 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report. MaxIT Healthcare garnered top ratings for professional services, scoring an 88.7. The report notes that some systems have more successful go lives than others. Segments with the [...]
Providers are beginning to consider cloud computing in healthcare, but their trust in public cloud options (such as Amazon and Google) is weak, according to a KLAS perception report Path to Cloud Computing Foggy: Perception Study 2011. In addition to patient data security, two major provider concerns KLAS identified were data privacy and data control. [...]
Poor integration with clinical workflow is the “Achilles heel” hindering clinical-decision support success, according to a new KLAS report, Clinical Decision Support 2011: Understanding the Impact. Additionally, many reported issues with alert fatigue, describing it as an “overly sensitive mess.” KLAS also stated most tools did well in one of these main arenas, but rarely [...]
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