Becker's Healthcare May 21, 2021
Jackie Drees

While the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected hospital operations, EHR purchasing activity increased in 2020 largely by big organizations and standalone community hospitals, according to a recent KLAS Research report.

For its “U.S. Hospital Market Share 2021” report, KLAS examined EHR purchasing activity and contracts across the country from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. This includes EHR market share data for acute care specialty hospitals and other specialty hospitals.

Here are 10 things to know about the EHR market and top vendors:

1. The pandemic’s effect on EHR contracting varied throughout 2020, with 77 hospitals reporting an impact on their contract during the first quarter of the year.

2. This number shrunk to 30 hospitals...

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