Cerner most popular EHR, Epic most requested among Medicare program
Medicare EHR Incentive Program hospitals were slightly more likely to have utilized Cerner’s electronic health record (EHR) modules, while clinicians strongly favored Epic, according to a report released in March 2018 from HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
The report included market share approximations based on research on the reported use of health IT products by healthcare participants in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program from 2011 to 2016. Both eligible hospitals and clinicians who had attested to meaningful use through the Medicare program were analyzed in the report.
Top vendors for eligible hospitals with 2015 Edition Health IT Modules included:
- Cerner: 23.73 percent
- Epic: 22.14 percent
- Allscripts: 5.37 percent
- GE Healthcare: 0.51 percent
- Medsphere Systems: 0.22 percent
Top vendors for eligible clinicians included:
- Epic: 27.29 percent
- Allscripts: 9.51 percent
- eClinicalWorks: 7.46 percent
- NextGen: 5.48 percent
- GE Healthcare: 5.16 percent
Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.