It's no longer acceptable to be in the dark about EHRs
Date: Mar 16, 2011 I was reading an article in the Washington Post today about two internists who have polar opposite views of EHRs. One made the switch and is clicking away in his practice. The other is wary about the transition, citing cost as a big issue. But what of his other issues?
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Ambulatory EMR market faces interesting times
Date: Mar 01, 2011 According to the latest KLAS report on ambulatory EMRs, one third of physician practices and community health clinics who were interviewed will be replacing their EMR systems.
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Community hospitals consider large CIS vendors
Date: Nov 09, 2010 A new report from KLAS delivers some interesting, if not surprising, news: Smaller hospitals are considering large clinical information system (CIS) vendors over vendors that traditionally service the community hospital segment of the market.
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KLAS EMR report highlights interesting market dynamics
Date: Sep 27, 2010 KLAS' latest report revealed many interesting things about the EMR market, specifically in the area of acute-care EMRs for large hospitals with 200-plus beds. It's a snapshot of a market in transition, thanks to the ARRA funding.
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KLAS report examines EMR decision making
Date: Apr 08, 2010 A new KLAS report reveals that physicians who are choosing an EMR system within the next two years are considering a larger pool of software vendors. That’s made possible because the market has grown so much.
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Early ARRA vendor winners
Date: Jan 12, 2010 ARRA has been good to Allscripts, as evidenced by the results of its second quarter financials. The company expects to see even better numbers in the coming quarters as adoption and acceleration of health IT grows. Analysts agree that the incentives are driving adoption.
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KLAS survey shows confidence among healthcare providers in meeting meaningful use criteria, but there’s a lot of work to be done
Date: Jan 07, 2010 Amid the rash of studies the last few months about the inability of EHRs to deliver the goods comes a welcomed report by KLAS. Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers who responded to KLAS' survey believe their ambulatory EMRs will help them meet for the 2011 deadlines per the meaningful use criteria that were proposed in July.
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More pointers on how to transition from paper to electronic records
Date: Dec 28, 2009 Two partners from the consultancy group, EHR Empowerment Consortium, wrote about how physicians can make that transition from paper to computerized patient records. It’s a good primer. I'd like to add more to their list.
