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OneCare and CHI’s clinical application environment
Cerner, Meditech, Allscripts and, yes, Epic
The influence of payers on clinical application usage
Is best of breed viable?
Going all-in on Epic?
Epic and Cerner have moved into first and second place, respectively, for EMR market share in the over 200 bed market, according to findings from a new KLAS study entitled Clinical Market Share 2012: Meaningful Use Momentum Continues. KLAS reports that Allscripts, McKesson, Meditech, and Siemens signed new customers but in the end lost market […]
As EMRs continue their transformation from nice-to-have to stakes-to-play, physician practices are less willing to take chances in exchange for big bargains, especially the second time around, according to a new KLAS report, Ambulatory EMR 2012: Market Splitting Under Adoption Pressure. “Some providers are changing vendors simply because their whole organization is moving onto one […]
The Allscripts stock collapse? It’s sad news for the investors, but the impact on the many former Eclipsys clients is a different story entirely. Just what is the relationship between a company’s stock performance and its products and services? That’s a different matter entirely. Let’s look at just two historical antecedents for brevity’s sake…
About UMass Memorial
Allscripts ambulatory, Siemens Soarian acute, dbMotion for integration
Making a best-of-breed shop work — “It takes very, very smart people to maintain what we’ve built”
The state of Soarian ambulatory
Navigating vendor M&A
The critical CIO-general counsel relationship
Although there are plenty of vendors exploring the international space, the market for electronic patient records outside of the United States is still in the early stages, according to a new KLAS report — International EPR Market 2012: Multinational Vendor Footprints. The report, which is the first by KLAS to examine the global EMR market, […]
Although a patchwork of best-of-breed systems might result in high clinician satisfaction scores, inpatient and large physician group leaders face significant challenges in balancing clinician demands with the realities of implementing, interfacing, and supporting each solution, according to a new KLAS report — Ambulatory EMR by Specialty Study 2012: Finding the Fit. The report examines […]
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 […]
On ACOs
eClinicalWorks on the ambulatory side
Meditech in the hospital (Magic 5.6)
Allscripts in the ED
“I think our interfaces have tripled in the last few years “
Integrating the independents
Subsidizing Epic & Allscripts
What about the one-offs?
“I can honestly say I love what I do”
Looking to Stage 2 — anticipating direct electronic reporting
