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The coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a respiratory infection that originated from Wuhan, China. According to John Hopkins’ updated 2019-nCoV outbreak tracker, there have been more than 60,100+ cases (59,000+ of the cases are just from Mainland China) confirmed globally and about 1,370 deaths as of February 13th, 2020. On January 31st, 2020 the 2019-nCoV outbreak wasRead more

The American Medical Association (AMA) has developed 8 priorities for EHR vendors to promote usability and support for patients.  The AMA’s goal is to make EHR is an asset rather than a cost of doing business, or, in some cases, a problem. Enhance physicians’ ability to provide high quality patient care The EHR system shouldRead more

According to Definitive Healthcare data, a surprising 98% of hospitals in the U.S. use an EHR system.  In another survey by the CDC, this figure is put at 89%.  Either way, the two vendors that are dominating the market are: Epic Systems and Cerner.  Epic has a 33.4% market share and Cerner has 24.9%.  TogetherRead more

Top 5 Healthcare Trends that we can expect for the New Year: 1. Value-based Care With our population, care has always been looked as volume over value when it should be the other way around.  In 2019, we will be pushing for value over volume and for ways to lower costs and to also provideRead more

A recent survey (Black Book Market Research) showed that client satisfaction from the usual EHR vendors such as Epic, Cerner, and Meditech are still rating above all other competing vendors.  However, new factors such as accessibility to records and other web-based services are coming on top of the list of demands from such consumers.  Unfortunately,Read more

Mergers and Acquisitions: This is nothing new in business, and certainly nothing new in the healthcare market.  As consumers of healthcare, we have experienced the impact of M&As in the delivery of our care to varying extents.  Several prominent M&As have significantly changed the way that the healthcare market is configured in our nation.  ThisRead more

With Amazon in my backyard – literally changing the landscape of my city – I felt I needed to explore what was happening here. It’s no question, the innovation is at a level unmatched by most, if any. The scale and impact are unprecedented. The talent and pure intelligence of their IT staff is beyond humbling. From aRead more