Report: Many EHR Users Set To Replace Systems Within the Next Year

Many physician practices seeking to replace their current electronic health record system plan to do so within the next year, according to a Black Book Rankings report, Healthcare IT News reports.

The report is a follow-up assessment to a study released earlier this year (McCann, Healthcare IT News, 7/23).

Findings of Previous Study

A study by Black Book Rankings released in February found that 17% of physician practices are considering switching electronic health record vendors by the end of 2013.

It also found that of the physician practices interested in switching EHR vendors:

• 80% said their current EHR system did not meet their needs;
• 79% said they did not adequately assess their own needs before selecting an EHR vendor;
• 77% said the design of their EHR system is not suited for their practice’s specialties;
• 44% said their EHR vendor was unresponsive to their needs and requests; and
• 20% said their EHR system did not adequately communicate with other EHRs (iHealthBeat, 2/19).

Findings of New Report

The new report found that:

• 81% of survey respondents who indicated that they were seeking to replace their current EHR system said they were on track to replace their EHR within the next year; and
• 11% of respondents who indicated that they were seeking to replace their current EHR system said they were unsure of their timeline for adopting a new EHR (McCann, Healthcare IT News, 7/23).

The report found that the most popular vendors for replacement EHR systems were:

• athenahealth;
• Care360 Quest;
• ChartLogic;
• Cerner;
• GE Healthcare;
• Greenway;
• Practice Fusion; and
• Vitera (Bresnick, EHR Intelligence, 7/23).

According to the report, other vendors that received top rankings in client satisfaction were:

• Allscripts;
• AmazingCharts;
• eClinicalWorks;
• Kareo;
• McKesson; and
• NextGen (Healthcare IT News, 7/23).

Source: iHealthBeat

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