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About Mercy Hospital
McKesson shop (HBOC user since early 90s)
Sunquest in lab, Cerner in radiology & Philips in cardiology
Eyeing Stage 7
One EHR for owned practices, 17 for affiliated docs
Horizon vs Paragon
Reimbursement concerns with telemedicine — “It’s still an issue”
When it comes to EHRs, small practices have big expectations, and they aren’t afraid to cut ties if their needs aren’t being met. In a new report examining the ambulatory EHR market, KLAS found that practices with one to 10 physicians have the same needs in terms of functionality and vendor support as their larger […]
About Vanguard Health
Splitting time between 2 cities
Meditech (MA) & McKesson (IL) in the hospitals, athenaClinicals in ambulatory
Best of breed vs standardization
Connecting with 23 different EMR systems — “You can see the connectivity challenges.”
Physician EHR adoption trends
When it comes to securing new hospital contracts, Epic and Cerner are still the clear frontrunners, but the rest of the race has become much more interesting. According to a new KLAS report, the two leading vendors captured more than three-quarters of new EMR business in 2012; however, there are many more deals to be […]
When it comes to functionality, the ambulatory EMR market is far from being a level playing field, according to a new KLAS report, which identified a 30-point difference in usability between the highest and lowest-rated vendors. The study — Ambulatory EMR Usability 2013: More Nurture than Nature — focused on the performance of EMR products […]
