Report

December 2003

EMRs For Small Physician Groups

Eric Brown 		From digital hospitals to sprawling physician groups, electronic medical records are moving from pipe dream to mainstream. But most MDs practice in small groups, and, as they embrace EMRs, their requirements will reshape a market that will reach $1.4 billion by 2007.
by Eric Brown with Bradford Holmes, Sara McAulay

MARKET OVERVIEW
  • Two-thirds of practicing physicians work in groups of eight or fewer -- and are less likely to have deployed an EMR.
ANALYSIS
  • A practice's best choice among the eight products reviewed will vary by the group's specialty.
ACTION
  • By 2005, SNOMED CT will be a "must have" for new EMR purchasers.
 
Figures & Data
  • Figure 1.  The EMR Digital Divide
  • Figure 2.  Most Physicians Practice In Small Groups
  • Figure 3.  Forecast: US PMS And EMR Adoption, 2003 To 2008
  • Figure 4.  The EMR Idealists' Forrester Wave™ Criteria
  • Figure 5.  Forrester Wave™: The EMR Idealists, Q4 '03
  • Figure 6.  How To Use The Forrester Wave™ Spreadsheet
  • Figure 7.  Forrester Wave™: The EMR Minimalists, Q4 '03
  • Figure 8.  Forrester Wave™: The EMR Diagnosticians, Q4 '03
  • Figure 9.  Forrester Wave™: The EMR Fine-Tuners, Q4 '03
   
RELATED MATERIAL 
  • Online Resources
  • Companies Interviewed For This Report
  • Related Research
  • Acknowledgement
 
GRAPEVINE
  • HIPAA transactions via two cans and some string.
  • Roche weighs in on Healthcare Unbound.
  • Can Microsoft Office 2003 be the low-cost EMR solution we've been waiting for?

 

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