View our Essentials Briefs Research Agenda with salient topics across healthcare

HIMSS Analytics has released its most recent Essentials Brief, the 2016 Year in Review and 2017 IT Application Forecasts, which provides a high level review of 2016 Essential Brief findings and our

Patient portals typically come from the EMR vendor currently used by the organization. Indicates room for improvement, as IT executives did not display a high level of passion for their organization’s current solution. Highlights cultural issues within organizations as a major challenge to overall patient engagement initiatives.

The seventh annual Ambulatory Practice Management (PM) & Electronic Health Record (EHR) Study includes year-over-year trending analysis dating back to 2009, as well as an in-depth look at the current market. 

Highlights include:

• Unique Voice of Customer (VOC) from over 700 respondents
• Over 80 percent of the ambulatory market has adopted EHR technology
• Roughly 8 percent of study respondents plan to replace their current ambulatory solution