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Saturday, January 10, 2015

EHR adoption rises Meaningful Use Declines

Continued growth of physician office EHR use
Whatever the reasons behind these responses from SERMO members, physician office EHR adoption is on the rise. An ongoing study by SK&A indicates a ten-percent increase in physician office adoption of EHR technology between 2013 and 2014. What’s more, it provides a breakdown of the top-five EHR vendors nationally and regionally.
At the national level, Epic Systems controls 30 percent of the market followed by eClinicialWorks (22%), Allscripts (19%), Practice Fusion (16%), and NextGen Healthcare (13%).
The regional differences are quite small
A closer look by region shows a close competition between Epic Systems and eClinicalWorks for EHR selection by physician offices.
The former dominates the West, Midwest, and East regions of the United States. The latter holds sway in the South and New England regions. Here’s a region-by-region breakdown:
2015-01-08-EHRs-by-region
Interestingly, where neither is first both companies drop to the third or fourth spots. Considering that both companies specialize in working with health systems and hospitals, their domination of various markets may indicate the ownership of physician practices and use of that health system’s or hospital’s EHR technology.



Despite the increased implementation and use of EHR technology by physician offices, their physicians have a ways to go in order to keep pace with the evolution of the EHR Incentive Programs.
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  1. CureMDJanuary 16, 2015 at 1:31 PM

    Adoption is on the rise, but what’s the future of pricing? Is pay-for-performance on the cards? And that could trigger MU usage to increase too? http://goo.gl/my1H7E

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