Document Overview

Vendor Assessment: The Industry Short List of Electronic Health and Medical Records for Large Ambulatory Practices

Author:	Judy Hanover
Document #	HI220600
Published	November, 2009
Document Type	Market Overview
Number of Pages	36
Number of Figures	1

Overview

This IDC Health Insights report discusses ambulatory EMR functionality for large practices with more than 20 providers and presents an assessment of the offerings of 7 vendors that serve this space with 8 products. This report considers the requirements and cost relief provided by stimulus payments under ARRA, alongside additional assessment criteria that consider results from EMR including the migration from paper charts to electronic documentation, electronic ordering, charge capture, improvements to patient safety, and the quality of care.

According to Judy Hanover, research manager with IDC Health Insights' Healthcare Provider IT Strategies practice, "For large practices that have yet to make investments in EMRs, the time is now, as these practices will be able to leverage not only the improvements to quality of care and efficiency that are derived from EMR use but also the economies of scale available to large practices. With a $44,000 stimulus payment available to each provider in a practice, the financial benefits of early implementation accrue quickly to large practices."

Subscriptions Covered:

Healthcare Provider IT Strategies

Companies Covered:

Allscripts, aprima, AthenaHealth, e-mds, eClinicalWorks, Eclipsys, Epic, GE, GE Healthcare, Greenway, imedica, McKesson, NextGen, pulse, Sage