Shifts in Provider Energy Drive KLAS 2014 Focus

Provider feedback continues to drive focus for healthcare IT research firm

2014-02-24

ORLANDO, FL February 24, 2014 (Press-News.org) KLAS Research announced its 2014 report schedule while at the annual HIMSS show in Orlando. KLAS gave heavy consideration to feedback from healthcare providers to determine the 2014 direction.

"We have a commitment to our provider partners that we will continue to evolve as the industry does," said Adam Gale, president of KLAS. "Our part in furthering the community of care is knowing where the provider focus is and helping providers make informed decisions."

This year there is an expanded focus on newer areas like accountable care, population health and business intelligence/health analytics. This is in addition to the segments that providers are used to seeing from KLAS, such as EMRs, consulting services, medical imaging and health information exchange.

The report schedule for 2014 is below*:

February
- EMR Future Plans
- Health Information Exchange
- Epic Community Connect
- Merge Healthcare

March
- Physician-Led ACO
- 340B
- Nursing Medication Administration
- ICD-10
- Outsourced Coding
- CT
- Global Market Share

April
- Epic HIE
- BI/ACO Perception
- Ultrasound
- Dose Perception

May
- Clinical Market Share
- Long-Term Care
- Security
- Women's Imaging
- InterSystems

June
- Population Health Management Update
- Interactive Patient Systems
- Speech Recognition
- Image Exchange
- X-Ray

July
- Paragon
- Population Health Management Perception
- Human Capital Management
- Best in KLAS: Medical Equipment
- Mid-Term Performance Review: Software/Services

August
- Ambulatory EMR Impact on Patient Care
- Medical-Device Integration
- ACO Consulting
- Epic Consulting
- Radiation Therapy

September
- ACO Payers
- Anesthesia
- Computer-Assisted Coding
- Quality Management
- CVIS Perception
- Viewers

October
- Interoperability
- Ambulatory EMR Perception
- Revenue Cycle Management & Reimbursement
- Patient Access & Engagement
- Hybrid OR

November
- Ambulatory Revenue Cycle Management
- Clinical Decision Support
- Optimization
- PACS
- MRI

December
- Population Health Management Performance
- Business Intelligence/Healthcare Analytics
- Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)

For further details, visit KLAS online at www.klasresearch.com. The reports are available to healthcare providers and vendors. Providers receive a significant discount off the standard retail prices or can receive complimentary summary reports in exchange for a survey about one of their current vendors.

*This schedule is preliminary in nature, produced for the convenience of those interested in KLAS research being published in 2014. KLAS may modify the topics, scope and/or pricing to best address the needs of healthcare providers.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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