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Written by Mary Stevens
ATLANTA--The EMR vendor had the sharpest booth at a HIMSS show several years ago, with the nicest signage and the best demonstration. The vendor was also facing a lawsuit from customers who said it didn't deliver as promised.
Toshiba America Medical Systems has named a new vice president (VP) of marketing and strategic development, promoting Doug Ryan to the position from senior drector of the CT business unit.
Healthcare providers are finding greater success and satisfaction for application hosting working with software vendors but are able to host a wider selection of applications by partnering with services firms, according to a report from KLAS, a healthcare market research firm.
Many enterprise emergency department information systems (EDIS) are being employed by hospitals to replace standalone, best-of-breed solutions, but are resulting in disappointed ED clinicians, according to a recently published KLAS report.
As the healthcare industry shifts to the use of revenue cycle consulting services, a report published Nov. 18 by market research firm KLAS analyzed whether the return of services were worth the often costly investment.
As healthcare reform and meaningful use put the focus on EMRs, many hospitals are looking to document management and imaging (DMI) solutions to ease the transition from paper records to electronic, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
Although a third of healthcare providers plan to continue a freeze on all imaging equipment purchases in the midst of a tough economy, many more are once again looking to buy--with MR equipment topping the list of planned purchases--according to a new report from market research firm KLAS.
Healthcare IT research firm KLAS has released its annual clinical market share report, which details the wins and losses of acute-care EMR vendors at large hospitals with more than 200 beds. The report found that in 2008, EMR vendors sold the fewest number of new contracts in the United States and Canada in the last seven years.
Many hospitals are considering new vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
Healthcare market research firm KLAS has released its annual "Best of Medical Equipment" list for 2009, including technologies such as CT, digital mammography, CR, digital x-ray, ultrasound and MRI.
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Digital x-ray detectors are finally untethered and, in some cases, surprisingly easy to implement, according to a report issued today from healthcare market research firm KLAS.
Only a relatively small number of vendors are able to claim a proven, repeatable health information exchange (HIE) model, according to a report from KLAS, a healthcare market research firm. In total, the report highlights the commercial HIE models from 22 vendors, most of which have one, two or three validated sites.
Ambulatory EMR software will enable approximately 85 percent of healthcare providers to meet the Health IT Policy Committee’s proposed 2011 meaningful use standards, according to a report issued by KLAS, a healthcare market research firm.
Written by Gina Narcisi
The 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards report, released Dec. 14, found that the highest-performing software market segment was enterprise scheduling and the lowest was ambulatory EMR. In professional services, the highest-performing market segment was planning & assessment and the lowest was IT outsourcing.
Health IT developer Allscripts' customer rapport has dwindled following its merger last year with Misys, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
A survey by the research firm KLAS on customer satisfaction with staff scheduling software solutions has found significant differences of opinion among stakeholders, including finance, IT and nursing departments.
Unlike past purchase decisions where cost and resource requirements dominated, community hospital executives now consider physician adoption the foremost criterion when purchasing a hospital information system (HIS), according to a report released Tuesday from KLAS.
Facing the same 'meaningful use' deadlines as larger organizations but with only a few viable vendor options, critical-access hospitals (hospital with 50 or fewer beds) are eager for more IT power, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
With many hospitals and imaging centers still struggling to reconcile technology budgets, digital mammography has proven to be a solid return on investment (ROI) for many healthcare providers. Although a switch from traditional film mammography to digital technology can present a learning curve for clinicians, a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS found that many providers experience improvements in workflow that allows digital mammography to pay for itself when implemented and used correctly.
Healthcare imaging vendors offering next-generation CT scanners face a difficult task in helping healthcare providers see the value of adopting these advanced systems, according to a new report from market research firm KLAS.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.