Small hospitals reach Stage 1 in large numbers and achieve greater incentive payment ROI; problem lists and quality measures level the playing field with large hospitals.
CMS data shows that both large and small hospital vendors found success in the first year of meaningful use attestation. Hospitals using Allscripts, Healthland, HMS, McKesson, and Siemens were slower to take off than others using Cerner, CPSI, Epic, and MEDITECH. KLAS interviewed 104 providers who successfully attested for meaningful use to analyze their vendor successes and struggles in the study “Meaningful Use Attestation 2012: Early Birds Take Flight.”
Although large vendors like Cerner and Epic met already high expectations, some vendors on the CMS chart were more surprising. CPSI was a standout in the community space with 139 hospitals, second only to Epic in having the largest percent of their client base successfully attest. Though not without their challenges, community vendors Healthland and HMS also delivered significant numbers of successful clients.
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