KLAS: Community hospitals consider new CIS options
Hospitals with fewer than 150 beds are focusing less on traditional community clinical information systems (CIS) vendors and more on large hospital CIS vendors, according to a new KLAS report.
The Orem, Utah-based market research firm reported that smaller hospitals are considering Meditech, Cerner, McKesson Paragon and Epic more often than community CIS vendors CPSI, Healthland, HMS, Keane and Siemens Healthcare's MedSeries4.
“Most large hospitals have already chosen a CIS, so community hospitals represent the largest potential client pool for vendors,” said report author Jason Hess, general manager of clinical research at KLAS. “Historically, the smaller hospital space has been ruled by Meditech and community vendors. However, with meaningful use requirements to consider, providers don’t seem to be considering community vendors as much.”
Meditech remains the most-considered vendor in community hospitals, according to the report, but Cerner’s hosted offering is making inroads, and McKesson’s Paragon is steadily gathering provider interest.
To a lesser extent, Epic’s mindshare is also growing in the community market, the report stated. “Epic’s mindshare in community hospitals was somewhat surprising, since those hospitals have to partner with larger hospitals to even be considered a potential customer by Epic,” Hess said. “Few have made this jump, but many are considering it.”
In this study, Meditech is considered most often in small hospitals (one to 150 beds), Cerner in midsize facilities (151 to 300 beds) and Epic in large hospitals (more than 300 beds). Eclipsys, GE Healthcare, Healthland, HMS, McKesson's Horizon and Paragon, QuadraMed and Siemens' Soarian are also highlighted in this report.
The Orem, Utah-based market research firm reported that smaller hospitals are considering Meditech, Cerner, McKesson Paragon and Epic more often than community CIS vendors CPSI, Healthland, HMS, Keane and Siemens Healthcare's MedSeries4.
“Most large hospitals have already chosen a CIS, so community hospitals represent the largest potential client pool for vendors,” said report author Jason Hess, general manager of clinical research at KLAS. “Historically, the smaller hospital space has been ruled by Meditech and community vendors. However, with meaningful use requirements to consider, providers don’t seem to be considering community vendors as much.”
Meditech remains the most-considered vendor in community hospitals, according to the report, but Cerner’s hosted offering is making inroads, and McKesson’s Paragon is steadily gathering provider interest.
To a lesser extent, Epic’s mindshare is also growing in the community market, the report stated. “Epic’s mindshare in community hospitals was somewhat surprising, since those hospitals have to partner with larger hospitals to even be considered a potential customer by Epic,” Hess said. “Few have made this jump, but many are considering it.”
In this study, Meditech is considered most often in small hospitals (one to 150 beds), Cerner in midsize facilities (151 to 300 beds) and Epic in large hospitals (more than 300 beds). Eclipsys, GE Healthcare, Healthland, HMS, McKesson's Horizon and Paragon, QuadraMed and Siemens' Soarian are also highlighted in this report.