February 2010 Entries
Florida leading the rush for EHR implementation, survey says. - February 26, 2010
Orlando Florida -- Florida docs grow more bullish on EHRs, survey finds
Physician use of electronic health records continued to grow in Florida last year, with younger doctors and primary-care physicians leading the charge with indirect access specialists—such as anesthesiologists and emergency medicine doctors—lagging behind, according to the survey.
The survey also found that purchase, training and implementation costs are dropping and that almost 60% of the respondents reported interest in qualifying for the EHR subsidies included in the under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus law.
Forty-three percent of the survey of 370 physicians said that they use an EHR, compared with 33% in 2007 and 27% in 2005. The number of respondents wanting to implement an EHR system was virtually unchanged: 41% in 2009 compared with 40% in 2007. But the number of physicians who said they had no plans to implement a system fell to 16% in 2009 from 25% in 2007.
According to the survey, 60% of respondents under 40 years old are using an EHR compared with 48% in 2007 and 37% in 2009.
The survey found that, among respondents currently using an EHR, the median purchase, training and implementation costs fell to $18,000 in 2009 compared with $25,000 in 2007; and monthly maintenance cost decreased to $350 from $425 during the same period.
When asked what they liked the most about their systems, 76% of EHR-using respondents said electronic charting, while half cited awkward or time-consuming data input as what they liked the least about their systems.
Among physicians who plan to implement an EHR, 14% are in some stage of implementation (up from 11% in 2007); 16% plan to do so within six months (compared to 17% in 2007); 22% plan to implement in six to 12 months (down from 24% in 2007); 35% are planning to implement in one to two years (37% in 2007); and 13% said it will be more than two years before they do so (up from 11% in 2007).
the Top pick for the three year in a row, Misys MyWay, now part of Allscripts. Of the respondents who said they had no plans to implement an electronic record system, 72% cited prohibitive costs—up from 63% in 2007. Among all respondents, 59% said they will try to quality for federal EHR subsidies by showing that they are putting their systems to meaningful use.
The survey was conducted in October and November 2009, and it had a 4% response rate from more than 10,000 physicians who received the survey in either e-mail or paper formats.
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Why Sencilo HealthIT Solutions
When it comes to your healthcare computing needs, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions's main objective is to provide a turnkey solution
that can essentially sustain itself. When you choose Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you don't just gain a vendor who provides you
with technology. You get a business partner who walks with you through every step of the process
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases,
we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services
solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple
manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway
Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City
solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health
record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare
IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records,
practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology,
Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals,
clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics,
Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-
prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor,
healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID,
SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-
clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft
Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative”
telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription
e-Rx CareTracker
Meaningful Use Eligibility Standards for EMR incentives propose by ONC and CMS - February 26, 2010
Orlando Florida -- Enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) establishes financial incentives for hospitals, physicians,[1] and other health care providers that meaningfully use certified electronic health records (EHR) technology between 2011 and 2015 (through 2016 under the Medicaid incentive program), and penalties for hospitals and physicians that fail to meet such standards beginning in 2015. The incentives are significant. Hospitals are eligible for millions in incentive payments, and physicians are eligible for up to $63,750 each.
Although the HITECH Act specifies the incentives and penalties associated with meaningful use of a certified EHR, Congress left it to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to define “meaningful use” and to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to create specifications that EHR technology must meet to become certified. On January 13, 2010, CMS published proposed regulations defining meaningful use of EHR technology and ONC published an interim final regulation concerning the specifications that must be met for EHR technology to become certified. Given the significant sums at stake, health care providers and EHR technology vendors are encouraged to scrutinize CMS’s proposed rule and ONC’s interim final regulation and to consider their impact.
The Proposed Definition of “Meaningful Use”
Although a single definition of “meaningful use” will apply across the Medicare and Medicaid programs (states, however, may impose additional standards on eligible physicians (“EPs”) and hospitals seeking incentives under the Medicaid program), CMS has proposed a three-staged approach to the standard, with more robust use of EHR technology required at each stage. The proposed regulations set forth only the Stage 1 criteria. Stage 2 criteria will be introduced in 2013, and Stage 3 criteria will be introduced in 2015. Providers that implement EHR technology in 2011, the first year the incentives become available, must meet Stage 1 criteria in 2011 and 2012, Stage 2 criteria in 2013 and 2014, and Stage 3 criteria in 2015 and beyond. The later a provider adopts EHR technology, the more quickly it will have to progress through the three stages of criteria.
Generally the standards criteria can be broken down into four categories:
1.Standards requiring the basic elements of a medical record to be incorporated into an electronic health record;
2.Standards requiring the use of EHR technology to promote efficiency such as requirements to incorporate clinical lab-test results into EHRs as structured data, to check insurance eligibility electronically from public and private payers, and to submit claims electronically to public and private payers;
3.Standards requiring the use of EHR technology to promote quality of care and public health such as requirements to report clinical quality measures to CMS or, as applicable to the states, and to perform medication reconciliation at relevant encounters and each transition of care; and
4.Standards to ensure patient access to their electronic health information and to promote patients’ control of their own medical care such as requirements for physicians to provide clinical summaries to patients for each office visit and for hospitals to provide patients with electronic copies of their discharge instructions.
The Interim Final Regulation Concerning EHR Certification
The ONC interim final regulation generally tracks the CMS rule in that it provides that EHR products that enable providers to meet the criteria set forth in the CMS rule are eligible to become certified.[2] The ONC rule also incorporates existing technical specifications concerning nomenclature, code sets, transport, and privacy, and security from a variety of recognized standard setting organizations.
Importantly, the rule provides that both complete EHR systems that perform all the required functions set forth in the CMS rule, and EHR modules that perform only a subset or a single function may become certified. Providers who use a combination of different EHR modules, however, bear the burden of ensuring that their EHR system will allow them to meet all of the meaningful use criteria.
In addition, providers should note that the fact that an EHR product is certified does not automatically qualify the provider for incentive payments. Rather, the provider must also meet the meaningful use criteria established by CMS.
Conclusion
Eligible physicians and hospitals have an opportunity to receive significant financial support from the Medicare and Medicaid programs if they implement EHR systems. Moving quickly is advisable for a number of reasons: incentive payments are only available to providers who implement EHR technology over the next several years; providers who begin using EHR earlier will receive significantly higher incentive payments; and providers who fail to implement and meaningfully use EHR will be subject to increasing reductions in reimbursement beginning in 2015.
The long list of meaningful use standards is daunting, but robust EHR products should allow providers to meet these requirements. Providers should obtain assurances from vendors that the vendor will update or modify the product being licensed as necessary to enable the provider to meet the eligibility standards for incentive payments, because the eligibility standards for incentive payments are not yet final, and will evolve over time.
Providers also should review CMS’s proposed quality reporting measures carefully. Although CMS has not included the quality reporting measures in the proposed regulation itself, proposed measures are included in the preamble to the rule (available here: 75 Fed. Reg. 1874-1900). The proposed measures represent a significant step forward in the federal government’s effort to regulate quality of care. They require physicians and hospitals to report on their compliance with medical best practices (as determined by CMS) and a variety of detailed recommendations concerning the proper course of treatment of a particular condition. As an example, one quality reporting measure requires physicians to report whether they have prescribed tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitor for female patients with Stage IC through IIIC, ER or PR positive breast cancer. Another requires physicians to report whether patients with new low back pain have received an imaging study on the episode start date or within 28 days. There are hundreds of similar measures. CMS will be accepting comments on the proposed rule (including the proposed quality reporting measures) until March 15, 2010.
For more information please call (407) 641-5199 or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Tecnology"
Why Sencilo HealthIT Solutions
When it comes to your healthcare computing needs, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions's main objective is to provide a turnkey solution
that can essentially sustain itself. When you choose Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you don't just gain a vendor who provides you
with technology. You get a business partner who walks with you through every step of the process
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases,
we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services
solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple
manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway
Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City
solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health
record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare
IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records,
practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology,
Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals,
clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics,
Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-
prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor,
healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID,
SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-
clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft
Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative”
telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription
e-Rx CareTracker
Allscript introduction of MyWay For Small-Practice Physicians, HIT Benefits Now Are Within Reach - February 26, 2010
Orlando Florida -- Historically, adopting health information technology (HIT) has been a challenge for physician practices with 10 or fewer doctors. Cost and complexity have been formidable barriers to small group practices that already operate on thin margins. What many physicians fear most when considering HIT implementation is the potential of disrupting the operations of the practice and, ultimately, the impact on patient care.
Fortunately, recent trends and innovation from HIT vendors have begun to reduce the costs of billing and electronic health record (EHR) systems, putting them within reach of smaller practices. The ubiquity of the Internet means these tools can be implemented, updated and accessed more simply and easily. And today, there are significant financial incentives to encourage physicians to adopt HIT, whatever their practice size.
Technology and ARRA spur fresh look at EHRs
Primary care practices – even those with five or fewer doctors – have several new reasons to reconsider their past EHR decisions. Payers are raising the bar with pay-for-performance and other measures that require doctors to track or demonstrate compliance with clinical guidelines, which cannot easily be done with paper records.
In addition, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allocates $19 billion for health care information technology to help physicians modernize their practices.1 This includes Medicare incentive payments of up to $44,000 over five years to eligible physicians who meet “meaningful use” criteria for integrating EHRs into their practices.
If physicians fail to adopt and demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs, they will be subject to reductions in Medicare reimbursements at the end of the five-year period. Even though the funds being offered under ARRA are not enough to pay for legacy solutions, they are more than adequate for the implementation of a Web-based EHR system.
In the past, few small-practice physicians have had much interest in legacy vendor solutions because of the cost – typically an upfront investment of products like Ingenix and eCW of $60,000 to $100,000 – and significant annual maintenance and upgrade fees. Legacy solutions also require physicians to install and maintain network servers, an expensive and challenging situation.
Compounding the issue of cost, many physicians who implemented legacy solutions actually saw decreases in productivity and income. However, the availability of low-cost, Web-based EHRs now makes implementation less daunting and less expensive.
To take advantage of federal ARRA funds, physicians should reexamine the EHR systems available now in order to demonstrate meaningful use by the end of 2010 and be eligible for incentive payments in 2011.
Problem recognition is first step in EHR strategy
One of the first things physicians should consider is whether HIT tools will make their practices more efficient and result in better patient care. Many practices believe their paper systems are already effective, which can be a tough mental barrier to overcome. For example, a practice may have built a systematic way of moving through a work day by handling information like ‘stat’ lab results via paper ‘sticky notes’. That process could be improved measurably by applying technology to speed workflows. Practices can be so entrenched in their current processes that they fail to recognize the opportunity provided by ARRA funding. Products like Allscripts-Misys Myway are being adopted almost 3 to 1 over they closest competitions in a recent survey by the HIT Group of Boston Mass. One of the reason for MyWay's sucess is it's easy to use, feature rich software and fewer hours of training, says Brian McCarthy CEO of Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, LLC in Orlando Florida.
A lack of familiarity with ARRA provisions may also be a missing piece of the EHR puzzle. A recent survey of physicians and practice administrators showed that more than half of the respondents have “little or no” familiarity with the ARRA and only 42 percent of respondents have “some” familiarity with its provisions. This finding is significant because federal funding under the act goes a long way toward relieving the burdensome cost that 82 percent of respondents cited as their top concern regarding EHR adoption.
In the face of increasing costs and decreasing reimbursement, primary care physicians cannot afford to pass on funding or to suffer from reduced reimbursement amounts in five years because they did not adopt an EHR system.
Modernization of the nation’s health care system depends on physicians taking action now with regard to EHRs. Although small physician practices provide nearly 75 percent of all ambulatory care in the United States, just 13 percent of small and solo practices have implemented an EHR system, compared with 57 percent of physicians in practices with more than 50 doctors.
These statistics underscore the need to offer extra assistance to small-practice physicians. To determine precisely what physicians are up against, Sencilo is developing a blueprint for what a successful EHR transition looks and feels like. By creating a replicable guide to help small physician practices navigate through otherwise complex processes for selecting, installing and adapting new technologies, Sencilo intends to illustrate the best-case scenario for HIT implementation. Through case studies and both qualitative and quantitative data, Sencilo aims to show how physicians can use EHRs, evidence-based medicine and e-prescribing to provide better patient care and satisfaction, and better access to critical healthcare information.
Sencilo has partnered with select small physician practices for a pilot program, providing them with licenses to Sencilo EHR, a CCHIT-certified,Local server or Web-based EHR application that allows physicians to access patient records and review medications, patient history, recent orders and test results with speed, agility and efficiency.
In addition, Sencilo has introduced a package that includes interest-free financing, health information technology (HIT) services and performance guarantees to help physicians integrate HIT into their practices. The program enables qualifying physicians to implement Sencilo Allscripts' MyWay EHR, a low-cost, full-functioning electronic health record (EHR), with no out-of-pocket costs and no payments until 2011 when American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reimbursements for EHRs begin. Sencilo guarantees that Allscripts' MyWayEHR will support “meaningful use” requirements physicians must meet to be eligible for the maximum Medicare reimbursements allowed under the ARRA.
Primary care doctors, especially those in small practices, want to be successful, remain independent and deliver excellent patient care. Sencilo has a vision for the future and we are actively investing in ways to transform health care in a positive way for physicians and their patients.
For more information please call (407) 641-5199 or visit us at: http://www.sencilo.com and let us "Uncomplexify your Information
Tecnology"
Why Sencilo HealthIT Solutions
When it comes to your healthcare computing needs, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions's main objective is to provide a turnkey solution
that can essentially sustain itself. When you choose Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you don't just gain a vendor who provides you
with technology. You get a business partner who walks with you through every step of the process
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases,
we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services
solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple
manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway
Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City
solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health
record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare
IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records,
practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology,
Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals,
clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics,
Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-
prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor,
healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID,
SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-
clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft
Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative”
telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription
e-Rx CareTracker
Allscripts-Misys MyWay Dominating Small Practice Market - February 26, 2010
Orlando Florida -- Allscripts is Dominating. The bottom line is that Allscripts is first in line -- Allscripts MyWay is Dominating Small Practice Market”
What else did they say about Allscripts?
"Allscripts' solutions are clearly dominating the small practice setting"
"An Allscripts product is being considered by about one-third of practices evaluating new EMR & EPM systems."
"Allscripts was the vendor most frequently selected as most likely to use."
"Allscripts was the clear leader in this survey, and we expect the company to benefit from increased EMR sales to the small practice market."
“According to the survey, most respondents indicated that they were evaluating an Allscripts product most often, when considering which practice management system to purchase. Allscripts was also selected most frequently as the vendor they were likely to choose, showing up in more than 35% of responses, in several cases with customers evaluating multiple Allscripts products”
“Allscripts was also well represented in the EMR space and continues to be the leader in a fragmented market.”
“Most prospective customers in the survey were now looking at more than one Allscripts product, we believe implying strength across the product set.”
What were some of the conclusions about other companies?
"Athenahealth Suffering from Lack of Consideration: Somewhat disappointing, only 5% of respondents indicated that they were evaluating Athena's collector product; 3% of respondents indicated that they were likely to select Athena."
"NextGen Has Less Traction Down-Market: As expected, QSII's NextGen segment has less traction in the smaller practices, as the company is focused more up-market."
"Inpatient Focused Vendors Lagging: With their focus on hospitals, none of the inpatient systems vendors we cover fared particularly well in the small practice survey."
What is the background on the survey?
Leerink commissioned a MEDACorp survey of 103 small and mid-sized physician practices to get a glimpse into upcoming Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Electronic Practice Management (EPM) spending trends
The survey was weighted toward small independent practices sizes (1-4 docs), but included some practices up to 20 physicians in size.
