Six companies lead the market for EMR, according to Kalorama
Information. McKesson, Cerner and Siemens, Epic, Allscripts and GE
Healthcare led the market for electronic medical record systems, the healthcare
market research publisher noted. But last year one company in
particular demonstrated 28% increase in market growth.
The company signaled out Epic Systems of Verona, WI as a game
changer in the market.
“Epic was like a steamroller in this industry in 2012,” said
Mary Ann Crandall, author of the report. "Part of the strategy is that
they court the hospitals and convince them to buy - then the doctors clinics
affiliated with that hospital follow suit because of no interoperability with
Epic systems.”
Epic built on its market position with 7.3% of the
market. While still far lower than market leaders, Epic grew from 5.7% in
2011 according to Kalorama’s report while its mid-size rival Allscripts had
flat revenues.
Allscripts has a better direction
now and that it is working diligently on internal problems that had hurt the
company in the past. They still have some organizational issues to address but
overall they are moving in the right direction. Internal struggles
hampered growth in 2012. With its new management staff, the company hopes to
start gaining ground again. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is one of the
leaders in the physician based EMR solutions.
The
market Leaders in the market of EMR providers include large and small
companies. McKesson is a large player the healthcare market and therefore
is well-positioned to expand its offerings. Paragon, Horizon, HERM, Star
and Series. Ambulatory offerings include Practice Partners, Practice Point
Plus, Fusion and others. Cerner is
continuing to add to its services by adding CernerITWorks, a suite of services
that improve the ability of hospital IT departments to meet their
organization’s needs. Siemens offers is the Soarian MedSuite.
Soarian MedSuite is a comprehensive and scalable HIS solution that helps
organizations to orchestrate complex administrative, clinical and financial
processes as well as support critical business activities across the healthcare
enterprise.
Kalorama Information's report on EMR Markets contains more information on competitive activity in the market, trends, geographic factors and more. The report can be found at: http://www.kaloramainformation.com/EMR-7503532/
