The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t considerably dampen the worldwide EMR buying area, with exercise remaining robust in 2020, a brand new report from KLAS Analysis reveals. Epic took the lead amongst EMR distributors, executing 66 contracts, adopted carefully by Dedalus, with 59 contracts.
The report relies on hospital EMR buying exercise worldwide — that’s, executed contracts — that occurred between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020. The report doesn’t embrace information on EMR buying within the U.S.
Although Epic led the way in which when it comes to total contracts, Florence, Italy-based Dedalus gained the best variety of new contracts outdoors the U.S. final 12 months with 20. Cerner additionally noticed progress in 2020, with 11 new organizations selecting its platforms for a complete of 42 contracts final 12 months. Cerner’s contracts have been additionally essentially the most geographically various of any vendor, spanning 10 international locations. [Click image to enlarge]
By way of regional exercise, EMR buying in Europe remained principally unaffected by the pandemic, seeing solely a small lower in exercise, based on the report. The UK, specifically, skilled excessive ranges of buying exercise — actually, 2020 was the nation’s most lively 12 months since 2016. The biggest buying resolution got here from Northern Eire, the place Epic was chosen to cowl over 5,500 beds. [Click image to enlarge]
Alternatively, EMR buying in Asia and Latin America was most impacted by the pandemic.
Purchases in Brazil slowed dramatically final 12 months, falling by 50%, the report reveals. Brazilian firm MV continued to be chosen most within the nation, and Philips maintained its second-place place.
In the meantime, EMR purchases in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean have been sporadic. Philips was chosen in Argentina and Colombia for the primary time, and Cerner was chosen by two organizations in Chile and the Caribbean.
Equally, validated contracts in Asia have been about half the quantity KLAS normally sees within the area, based on the report.
EzCaretech led EMR distributors in Asia after being chosen by two organizations in its residence nation of South Korea, ensuing within the vendor overlaying over 2,300 beds. A big, standalone non-public hospital in Malaysia chosen Cerner, turning into the primary i.s.h.med consumer within the nation. Two non-public hospitals in India chosen Napier Healthcare. Epic was not chosen by any hospitals in Asia.
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