Medical Economics – October 25, 2013
In the next few years, the electronic health records (EHRs) industry is likely to change rapidly, from a wide variety of choices to just a few key players. But of the hundreds of EHR systems currently on the market, how many will be at the top?
“We are already seeing legacy vendors continuing to merge or go private in order to address various functionally or business model issues,” says Albert Santalo, chief executive officer of CareCloud. “On timing, that all depends but I think it’s a forgone conclusion that if you are not moving to a cloud-based model it will be harder to compete as a vendor moving forward.”