EHRs: Large Practices More Selective

By Katie Wike, contributing writer

According to an AmericanEHR Partners survey, larger practices select from a narrower array of EHR vendors than smaller practices.

Larger practices are more selective about the EHR products they choose, according to the results of a survey conducted by AmericanEHR Partners. “The report found that responses from practices with 26 or more clinicians rated 96 different EHR products, meaning that the 40 percent of practices that used an EHR product other than the top 10 were spread out among 86 different vendors,” said Shari M. Erickson, MPH, Senior Vice President of American College of Physicians’ Division of Governmental Affairs and Medical Practice. “The key finding is that data shows that larger practices tend to be more focused on the same systems.”

Becker’s Hospital Review writes larger practices focus on a smaller pool of EHR vendors. Of larger practices (those with 26 or more physicians), 60 percent tended to use one of 10 EHR products, while 51 percent of smaller practices with one to three clinicians used one of those 10 products

According to iHealth Beat, the top vendors among practices with one to three clinicians were:

Practice Fusion, with 15 percent of the market share among solo practices and 12 percent among those with up to three clinicians

eClinicalWorks, with 9 percent of the market share among both solo practices and those with up to three clinicians

Epic's ambulatory EHR system, with 5 percent of the market share among both solo practices and those with up to three clinicians

Amazing Charts, with 5 percent of the market share among solo practices

Overall, Epic and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions were the most dominant vendors. Fierce EMR reports that by product, EpicCare Ambulatory EMR was most popular, followed by ClincialWorks. EpicCare Ambulatory EMR was the most frequently used product in four to 10, 11 to 25 and 26-plus clinician practices. Practice Fusion was the most frequently used product among solo practitioners and practices of one to three clinicians.