Epic tops 2012 Best in KLAS Awards

KLAS has released its "2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services" report, ranking the highest-performing IT vendors in nearly 100 segments.

Once again, Verona, Wis.-based Epic has dominated the field, earning the top overall software vendor, overall software suite vendor and overall physician practice vendor awards – and sweeping eight "Best in KLAS" categories in total.

Based on interviews with some 20,000 providers, other top performers include Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, which roped in the second-most Best in KLAS wins after Epic.

“Providers recognize the critical nature that vendors play in improving healthcare delivery,” said Adam Gale, KLAS president. “Thus, a growing number of providers are weighing in on vendor performance. It speaks volumes that providers want to be heard and be counted. And vendors are listening.”

The following is a list of the 2012 Best in KLAS vendors for software:

Acute Care EMR: Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR

Ambulatory EMR (1–10 Physicians): athenahealth athenaClinicals

Ambulatory EMR (11–75 Physicians): Epic EpicCare Ambulatory EMR

Ambulatory EMR (Over 75 Physicians): Epic EpicCare Ambulatory EMR

Business Intelligence/Reporting: Dimensional Insight The Diver Solution

Cardiology: Digisonics DigiView

Community HIS: McKesson Paragon

Document Management and Imaging: Perceptive Software ImageNow

Emergency Department: Wellsoft EDIS

Enterprise Scheduling: Unibased USA RMS

Financial/ERP: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise

Homecare: Homecare Homebase

Laboratory: Siemens NOVIUS Lab

Oncology: Elekta MOSAIQ

PACS: DR Systems Unity v|Series PACS

Patient Accounting and Patient Management: Epic Resolute Hospital Billing

Pharmacy: Epic Willow

Practice Management (1–10 Physicians): athenahealth athenaCollector

Practice Management (11–75 Physicians): athenahealth athenaCollector

Practice Management (Over 75 Physicians): Epic Resolute/Prelude/Cadence

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