Comments on: News 6/20/07 http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:58:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HITMan http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/comment-page-1/#comment-30 HITMan Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:39:51 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/#comment-30 Mr. HISTalk should reach out to Scott Decker for the full story at HEALTHvision. I know first hand there are a lot of rumors about what is really happening. Yes - there were layoffs. A VERY lean executive team now leads HV and the remaining employees are part of a shift in focus, not a shift in direction or strategy. I know Scott personally -- he'll talk to you again. Mr. HISTalk should reach out to Scott Decker for the full story at HEALTHvision. I know first hand there are a lot of rumors about what is really happening. Yes – there were layoffs. A VERY lean executive team now leads HV and the remaining employees are part of a shift in focus, not a shift in direction or strategy. I know Scott personally — he’ll talk to you again.

]]> By: Inga http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Inga Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:47:48 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/#comment-29 Actually my posting was focused on the AC Group's report, which actually makes no mention of athenahealth. However, to your point, I agree that practices are and will continue to evaluate and upgrade older legacy systems. However, my opinion is that most of the time practices will continue selecting EMR first with the PM secondary. Why? The doctors are the one paying for the systems, they are the ones using the EMR, and they have to be happy with the choice. Ultimately vendors that will be the winners are those that have solid PM AND EMR's. Assuming athenahealth's new EMR is as strong as their PM, I would expect to see them on reports like the AC Group's in the future. Actually my posting was focused on the AC Group’s report, which actually makes no mention of athenahealth.

However, to your point, I agree that practices are and will continue to evaluate and upgrade older legacy systems. However, my opinion is that most of the time practices will continue selecting EMR first with the PM secondary. Why? The doctors are the one paying for the systems, they are the ones using the EMR, and they have to be happy with the choice.

Ultimately vendors that will be the winners are those that have solid PM AND EMR’s. Assuming athenahealth’s new EMR is as strong as their PM, I would expect to see them on reports like the AC Group’s in the future.

]]> By: Sarah http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Sarah Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:50:45 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/#comment-28 Inga- You didn’t mention that athenahealth continues to dominate on the PMIS front taking top honors in the 6-25 and 26-100 categories – by a healthy margin. While the EMR space is hot, more and more survey data is coming out that groups/practices are looking to replace their PMIS systems – especially when you look at legacy players like Misys or Emdeon/WebMD/Sage or whatever they are calling themselves now falling behind. There aren’t many companies that are coming to market with solid EMR and PIMIS offerings. In fact, I hear stories of groups implementing some of the “leading” EMRs and their PMs are so bad they have backed out of implementing – the market does not want to see this happen. Vendors should really be paying more attention to this market as adoption rates are still very low in the ambulatory space. Addressing the business needs/operations of a practice gets them in a situation where making a clinical solution purchase more viable. Inga-

You didn’t mention that athenahealth continues to dominate on the PMIS front taking top honors in the 6-25 and 26-100 categories – by a healthy margin.

While the EMR space is hot, more and more survey data is coming out that groups/practices are looking to replace their PMIS systems – especially when you look at legacy players like Misys or Emdeon/WebMD/Sage or whatever they are calling themselves now falling behind. There aren’t many companies that are coming to market with solid EMR and PIMIS offerings. In fact, I hear stories of groups implementing some of the “leading” EMRs and their PMs are so bad they have backed out of implementing – the market does not want to see this happen.

Vendors should really be paying more attention to this market as adoption rates are still very low in the ambulatory space. Addressing the business needs/operations of a practice gets them in a situation where making a clinical solution purchase more viable.

]]> By: Droopy http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Droopy Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:20:57 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/#comment-24 Apparently these are the criteria used in the AC Group reports: http://www.acgroup.org/images/2007_PMS_-_EHR_Functionality_Survey.xls (2.26 mb) It looks like they could use a proofreader and an update. "Uses SNOMED III as principal controlled vocabulary"? Apparently these are the criteria used in the AC Group reports:
http://www.acgroup.org/images/2007_PMS_-_EHR_Functionality_Survey.xls (2.26 mb)

It looks like they could use a proofreader and an update. “Uses SNOMED III as principal controlled vocabulary”?

]]> By: Sorry for HV http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Sorry for HV Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:51:59 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2007/06/19/news-62007/#comment-21 Maybe HealthVision would be doing better if they sponsored HISTalk? Could it be the first example of "Death by Not Sponsoring"? I say death because rumor has it that one of their biggest customers will soon be no more (ELAY). Maybe HealthVision would be doing better if they sponsored HISTalk? Could it be the first example of “Death by Not Sponsoring”? I say death because rumor has it that one of their biggest customers will soon be no more (ELAY).

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