Top 10 EHR Vendors In Physician Offices Named

By Christine Kern, contributing writer

Epic still dominates, but other vendors are challenging.

Epic has stolen headlines as healthcare’s leading EHR vendor, especially as the Mayo Clinic recently announced that it was dropping its three current vendors to take up an exclusive contract with Epic. Cerner is also a major player in the EHR marketplace, holding the largest U.S. market share of any vendor after its recent acquisition of Siemens Health Services, with 1, 132 acute care hospitals.

But an SK&A report took a closer look at the EHR figures, examining the market share among physician offices, and produced a very different image of the EHR marketplace. According to the SK&A analysis, the top ten EHR vendors by overall physician office market share are, in order:

1. Epic (11.6 percent)
2. eClinicalWorks (10.2 percent)
3. Allscripts (8.7 percent)
4. Practice Fusion (6.7 percent)
5. NextGen Healthcare (5.5 percent)
6. GE Healthcare (3.6 percent)
7. Cerner (3.5 percent)
8. Athenahealth (3.3 percent)
9. McKesson (3.2 percent)
10. Amazing Charts (2.3 percent)

While Epic remains on top, it is closely challenged by eClinicalWorks, behind by just a percentage point. As Healthcare Dive points out, Epic’s client base is dominated by larger practices which helps it retain its lead.

Meanwhile, Cerner falls much farther down the list than one might anticipate, with just 3.5 percent of the overall market among physician practices. athenahealth also takes just 3.3 percent overall, although its recent acquisition of Razor Insight will likely send athenahealth’s share up in coming months as it moves into the smaller hospital inpatient marketplace.