Outpatient EHRs and practice management nearing ‘universal adoption’ but MACRA is opening opportunities for vendors to stand out in replacement market

Healthcare IT News August 2, 2016
Mike Miliard

HIMSS Analytics eighth annual study sees room for more turnover as practices look for partners to help with clinical practice improvement activities.

After eight years of polling independent and hospital-owned physician practices about their implementation and purchasing plans for electronic health record and practice management technologies, HIMSS Analytics sees the space “nearing that universal adoption point,” according to Director of Research Brendan FitzGerald.

“There’s been consistent turnover of roughly 15 percent over the past three years among survey respondents looking to either replace their current technology or buy net new,” said FitzGerald. “So there is some opportunity out there.”

What’s more, as practices large and small look to make sense of MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Alternative Payment Models,...

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