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InterSystems, Epic take the lead in global EHR market share

Which EHR vendors were the hottest across the globe? The KLAS "Global EMR Market Share 2017" report analyzes new hospital EHR contracts that happened all over the world in 2016.

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When it comes to global business, which EHR vendors claim the top spots?

A new report from KLAS, titled “Global EMR Market Share 2017,” has the answers. It looked at new hospital EHR contracts that happened outside the United States in 2016.

InterSystems and Epic stood out as the multiregional vendor winners, with InterSystems scoring 56 new hospital wins and Epic gaining 31. However, Epic had a higher number of total beds contracted (8,190) than InterSystems (5,834).

Overall, the report claims InterSystems’ strong year was due in part to its low-cost solution, compared to Epic, which the report cited as a higher-cost option.

Cerner came in third, with 13 hospital wins and 3,710 beds contracted.

Meanwhile, vendors such as MV, Agfa HealthCare and ChipSoft held a solid footprint against other multiregional companies.

The KLAS report also took a regional dive to uncover which vendors succeeded in each area.

Looking first at Europe, InterSystems and DXC Technology were the clear winners in the United Kingdom, where there’s a push to get hospitals digital by 2020. Epic did well in places like Finland and the Netherlands. And hospitals in mainland Europe selected regional vendors like Dedalus (in Italy) and Medasys (in France).

The market looks slightly different in the Middle East. Among public hospitals, Cerner is the most popular EHR vendor. The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health was a big Cerner customer, even helping a separate hospital move from Epic to Cerner.

For private hospitals in the Middle East, the decision pool was more diverse. MIMSYS and Cerner were selected by some hospitals, but only one organization in the region picked Epic.

In Latin America, MV appears to be the clear vendor winner, especially in countries like Brazil. Philips owns a fair share of the market, but multiple customers have reported problems with the Delphi to Java conversion, leading fewer hospitals to pick Philips. Dedalus, everis and DXC Technology also had a decent share of the market in Latin America. Additionally, Allscripts landed a win in the Bahamas, and Meditech increased its presence in Puerto Rico.

Moving to Canada, two hospitals finalized new vendor contracts, and both chose Epic. In fact, of the five organizations that have chosen new vendors since 2014, three have picked the Verona, Wisconsin-based company. In addition, six Canadian hospitals moved to Meditech’s platform last year.

InterSystems, Napier and Allscripts are the biggest players in Asia.

In Oceania, a single hospital was added to a Cerner contract in Australia.

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