Healthcare has reached the tipping point with more than half of eligible professionals and 80 percent of eligible hospitals having adopted EHRs. Now, the question is what needs to happen next for EHRs and their users to reach their full potential.

Providers are reporting less satisfaction with health information exchange solutions as provider demands have outpaced vendor delivery, according to a recently published report by KLAS, a Utah-based research firm. In its survey of 219 public and private providers, KLAS reported that overall satisfaction has dipped 8 percent.

A survey conducted by research company Black Book Rankings has named Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) dbMotion population health management software as the top healthcare information exchange solution for 2013 in the ambulatory and provider-centric segment.

New York health IT investors and entrepreneurs have signed a public letter to state legislators, urging their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $65 million funding proposal for the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), which is operated by the New York eHealth Collaborative.

Greenway Medical Technologies, a Ga.-based IT company, has acquired PeopleLYNK, a patient engagement solution. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The global EHR market will reach $22.3 billion by the end of 2015, with the North American market accounting for $10.1 million or 47 percent.

Black Book Rankings, a Fla.-based market research firm, announced findings from its “sweeping four-month user poll” to determine the most highly ranked EHR vendors for hospitals with under 100 beds, including rural and clinical access hospitals.

ORLANDO—“If people don’t trust an organization, that organization won’t be able to deliver the care they expect,” said John Houston, vice president of privacy and information security at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, speaking at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference.