Vendor Innovation Becoming Number-One Differentiator in Home Health

    OREM, UT, February 11, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Pressure from homecare agencies dealing with payment reform is driving vendors to up their games to meet those needs. These findings and more are shared in the latest KLAS report, entitled Homecare 2014: Vendor Readiness to Meet New Demands.

"Items like interoperability, product development and improved value propositions used to be luxuries for homecare agencies," said report author Erik Bermudez. "With all of the pressure these agencies are under, those luxuries are quickly becoming necessities."

The report examines performance areas such as overall performance scores, likelihood to be part of long-term plans, functionality and development metrics. The software reviewed in the report includes products from the following vendors: Allscripts, Brightree, Cerner, Delta, Epic, Healthwyse, Homecare Homebase, McKesson, MEDITECH, Procura and Thornberry.

For further details, visit KLAS online to view Homecare 2014: Vendor Readiness to Meet New Demands. The report is available to healthcare providers and vendors. Providers receive a significant discount off the standard retail price or can receive a complimentary summary report in exchange for a survey about one of their current vendors.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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