Electronic Medical Records Progress from an Enterprise-Centric Solution to a Customer-Specific Application, Finds Frost & Sullivan

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Electronic Medical Records Progress from an

Enterprise-Centric Solution to a Customer-

Specific Application, Finds Frost & Sullivan

PR Newswire

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, June 21, 2012

- Motivated by its multiple advantages, government incentive

schemes are set to boost the effective implementation of EMRs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California

,

June 21, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- The implementation

of electronic medical records (EMRs) in healthcare practices will enhance the

efficiency of hospital systems and reduce the chances of errors in medical

offices. The need to contain healthcare costs and improve the quality of

healthcare services is adding impetus to market advancement.

Analysis from Frost & Sullivan's (http://www.technicalinsights.frost.com)

Electronic Medical Records-Technology Trends and Stakeholder

Assessment

research finds that although large healthcare practices prefer

client-server based EMR systems, web-based EMR solutions are gaining

popularity with small-sized healthcare practices and private physician offices.

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"EMRs are poised to improve patient care, reduce healthcare expenses and

fundamentally change the way in which medicine is practiced," said Technical

Insights Senior Research Analyst Darshana De. "Government incentives are

expected to increase the effective implementation of health IT adoption; the

most significant drivers include

the United States

' American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and

Australia

's

$450 million

e-health effort."

Additionally, emerging markets such as

Malaysia

,

Thailand

,

Russia

and

China

are expected to rapidly adopt EMRs. The future of these markets will depend on

the support given by their governments, as well as the regulatory standards

adopted.

Cloud-computing solutions in the EMR space show a great deal of promise to

reduce costs and increase efficiency. However, they are also likely to prove

much more expensive than standard, client-server EMR solutions due to

recurring access costs.

Nearly 5,800 U.S. hospitals are using EMRs, with adoption rates beginning to

accelerate due to ARRA incentives and penalties. However, very thin (or even

negative) margins are making it a challenge for hospitals to set aside funds for

EMR-related projects.

In ambulatory settings, most physicians have implemented EMRs with

sophisticated functionality and shared clinical data across multiple offices. Many

hospitals in the

United Kingdom

are starting EMR implementation.

"A key challenge going forward is the expense to implement and support EMR

systems," said Technical Insights Research Analyst Arjunvasan Ambigapathy. "A

major task for healthcare practices that still have not begun the