Fierce Healthcare July 8, 2019
The worldwide electronic health records market faces intensifying criticism related to usability and interoperability as well as slowing growth due to market saturation.
Despite these challenges, the EHR market topped $31.5 billion in 2018, according to a report from market research firm Kalorama Information.
The market for EHRs, which includes revenues for EHR systems, computerized provider order entry systems, and directly related services, such as installation, training, servicing, and consulting, grew 6% from $29.7 billion the previous year, the report said.
The market report does not include picture archiving and communication systems or hardware.
The market growth comes at a time when EHRs are portrayed as time wasters and stress inducers, and have been linked to patient harm, the...
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