7 Trends EHR Vendors Must Address to Survive in 2018

A new market report addresses areas where EHR vendors will need to improve their systems in order to stay competitive through 2018.

According to Kalorama Information, the $28­-billion EHR market dominated by a score large vendors and hundreds of smaller competitors is set for a change as a result of emerging challenges voiced by healthcare professionals such as health IT-related administrative burden and negative perceptions of specific EHR vendors and products.

“Small trends that in the past were noted but not addressed, like usability and interoperability, the removal of incentives and lack of market share leadership have bubbled up we believe, to where they are no longer side issues,” said Bruce Carlson, Publisher of Kalorama Information. “A few policy, industry and medical practice changes will change how the revenue grows or who earns it, and what the EMR market looks like in 2018.”…

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