Colleagues,
KLAS has released its annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare IT software and services vendors. The 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report includes performance ratings for nearly 900 software products and service offerings. The top-rated companies in 34 key market categories – including electronic medical records (EMRs), cardiology systems and application hosting – have earned the 2009 Best in KLAS distinction, signifying their leadership in meeting customer expectations...
... Based on evaluations submitted by thousands of healthcare providers throughout the United States and Canada, KLAS rankings measure a vendor’s performance in areas like product quality, implementation, and service and support...
Following is a list of the 2009 Best in KLAS vendors for software:
Acute Care EMR
Epic EpicCare Inpatient
Homecare
McKesson Horizon Homecare
Ambulatory EMR (Over 100 Physicians)
Epic EpicCare Ambulatory
Laboratory
Siemens Novius Lab
Ambulatory EMR (26-100 Physicians)
eClinicalWorks EMR
PACS
GE Centricity PACS-IW
Ambulatory EMR (6-25 Physicians)
Greenway Medical PrimeSuite Chart
Patient Accounting and Patient Management
Epic Resolute Hospital Billing
Ambulatory EMR (2-5 Physicians)
Greenway Medical PrimeSuite Chart
Pharmacy
Epic Willow
Cardiology
Digisonics DigiView
Practice Management (Over 100 Physicians)
Epic Resolute/Prelude/Cadence
Community HIS
McKesson Paragon
Practice Management (26-100 Physicians)
McKesson Horizon Practice Plus
Decision Support – Business
Eclipsys Sunrise EPSi Decision Support
Practice Management (6-25 Physicians)
Greenway Medical PrimeSuite Practice
Document Management and Imaging
MedPlus ChartMaxx
Practice Management (2-5 Physicians)
athenahealth
Emergency Department
Wellsoft EDIS
Radiology
Epic Radiant
Enterprise Scheduling
Unibased Systems Architecture RMS
Speech Recognition
Nuance eScription
Financial/ERP
McKesson Pathways Fin./Materials/HR Mgr
Surgery Management
Unibased Systems Architecture ORMS
The 2009 Best in KLAS vendors for professional services are:
Application Hosting (CIS/ERP/HIS)
Cerner
IT Outsourcing (Extensive)
CareTech
Claims and Clearinghouse Services
RealMed
Outsourced Transcription
Webmedx
Clinical Implementation Principal
ACS
Planning and Assessment
Impact Advisors
Clinical Implementation Supportive
Coastal Healthcare Consulting
Revenue Cycle Transformation
Deloitte Consulting
Financial ERP Implementation
CSC
Technical Services
Hayes Management
In addition to recognizing the Best in KLAS honorees .... KLAS ... also highlights the highest-performing vendors across all the market segments in which they have rated products or service...
... In the 2009 report, Epic is the top-ranked software vendor, with an overall performance score of 86.85 out of 100, followed by 3M and Ingenix. The top-rated services firm is Hayes Management (89.5), followed by Ingenix and Deloitte...
The 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report 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/top_20
About KLAS
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 marketing@KLASresearch.com, or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.
ENJOY!
CC