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Journal of Medical Systems
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 1/2014

01-01-2014 | Editorial

Innovation & Market Consolidation Among Electronic Health Record Vendors: An Acute Need for Regulation

Authors: J. Wanderer, P. Mishra, J. Ehrenfeld

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 1/2014

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Each week, electronic health records (EHRs) become more ubiquitous and an increasingly important part of our nation’s $2.7 trillion health economy [1]. While the promises of increased efficiency, cross facility interoperability, and point-of-care benefits have been modestly fulfilled [2, 3], it is clear that adoption of EHRs will only increase for the foreseeable future. However, tremendous market consolidation has resulted in a small number of programs obtaining a large share of installed systems. This effective monopoly by a group of vendors has stifled innovation and made disruptive innovation very difficult. In order to combat this problem, EHR vendors should be required to open systems up to allow for more clinical innovation. …
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Metadata
Title
Innovation & Market Consolidation Among Electronic Health Record Vendors: An Acute Need for Regulation
Authors
J. Wanderer
P. Mishra
J. Ehrenfeld
Publication date
01-01-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-014-0008-2

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