EHR interoperability: How client perceptions of Epic, Cerner, Meditech & more vendors compare 

While healthcare organizations’ perceptions of their EHR vendors’ interoperability initiatives have gotten more positive, there is still room for improvements and more support, according to KLAS Research. 

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For its 2020 EHR Interoperability report, KLAS updated its interoperability research from 2017 to more closely analyze how healthcare organizations perceive their vendor’s efforts to help them achieve meaningful EMR interoperability.  When asked how often their EHR vendor makes interoperability harder, here’s how individual respondents  — not unique organizations  — responded. 

Almost never or rarely: 

  • Epic: 28 
  • NextGen Healthcare: 15 
  • Cerner: 11 
  • Athenahealth: 10 
  • Greenway Health: 9 
  • Meditech: 9 
  • eClinicalWorks: 7 
  • Allscripts Sunrise: 5 
  • Allscripts TouchWorks: 4 

Sometimes, often or nearly always: 

  • Cerner: 12 
  • Meditech: 12 
  • eClinicalWorks: 12 
  • Allscripts Sunrise: 12
  • Allscripts TouchWorks: 11
  • Athenahealth: 11 
  • NextGen Healthcare: 9 
  • Epic: 8 
  • Greenway Health: 8 

Click here to view the full report. 

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