For CIS, Community Hospitals Consider Non-Traditional Routes

    OREM, UT, November 03, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With meaningful use requirements in mind, hospitals with fewer than 150 beds are focusing less on traditional community CIS vendors and more on large hospital CIS vendors, according to a new KLAS report.

The first KLAS CIS perception report to include community hospital data, 2010's "CIS Perception 2010: Vendors Bridge the Size Gap" finds that smaller hospitals are currently considering MEDITECH, Cerner, McKesson Paragon, and Epic more often than traditional community CIS vendors CPSI, Healthland, HMS, Keane, and Siemens MedSeries4.

"Most large hospitals have already chosen a CIS, so community hospitals represent the largest potential client pool for vendors," said Jason Hess, general manager of clinical research at KLAS and author of the new report. "Historically, the smaller hospital space has been ruled by MEDITECH and community vendors. However, with meaningful use requirements to consider, providers don't seem to be considering community vendors as much."

MEDITECH remains the most-considered vendor in community hospitals, but Cerner's hosted offering is making in-roads, and McKesson's Paragon is steadily gathering provider interest. To a lesser extent, Epic's mindshare is also growing in the community market.

"Epic's mindshare in community hospitals was somewhat surprising, since those hospitals have to partner with larger hospitals to even be considered a potential customer by Epic," Hess said. "Few have made this jump, but many are considering it."

In this study, MEDITECH is considered most often in small hospitals (1-150 beds), Cerner in mid-sized hospitals (151-300 beds), and Epic in large hospitals (over 300 beds); all three are receiving frequent consideration from hospitals of all sizes. Eclipsys, GE, Healthland, HMS, McKesson Horizon and Paragon, QuadraMed, and Siemens Soarian are also highlighted in this report.

For more information about the CIS market, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of participating vendors, "CIS Perception 2010: Vendors Bridge the Size Gap" is available to healthcare providers online for a significant discount off the standard retail price. To purchase the full report, healthcare providers and vendors can visit www.KLASresearch.com/reports.

KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS' mission is to improve delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4500 hospitals and over 2500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email [email protected], or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative. Follow KLAS on Twitter http://twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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