Abstract
Efficient automated process implementation is supported by Electronic Medical
Record (EMR). EMR software solutions are used to support software developed
in-house to enable the rapid construction of Web portals and other Web-based
systems. Typical implementations are related to systems running on a mixed
group of servers, under different operating systems.
Packaged applications efficiently accomplish the basic functions needed for
electronic medical record systems implementation. Business processes are
automated using EMR systems. Further EMR functionality is achieved via
extract, transform, and load functions.
Enterprise electronic medical record (EMR) market forecast analysis indicates
that the future of care delivery depends on automation of process. The ability
to quickly get a picture of patient condition depends on dashboards prepared
by the primary care physician that quickly illustrate any noteworthy
conditions that a patient may present.
The cost for the packaged electronic medical record (EMR) systems for a large
teaching hospital is $1.95 million. The number sold at 126 in 2006 is
anticipated to grow to 177 in 2013. The replacement cycle is generally six
years for these electronic medical record (EMR) systems packages. Rather than
rip and replace, systems tend to be upgraded to new versions.
Electronic medical record markets are very significant. All facilities and all
medical practices need to move to automated process that replaces manual
handling of written patient records. The top 800 facilities worldwide are
anticipated to spend hundreds of millions of dollars each to implement
electronic patient records. While a lot of that spending will be on
proprietary software, a lot of it will be for packaged software solutions.
The total number of electronic medical record (EMR) systems is heavily
weighted toward the mid range systems as most facilities and practices
consolidate into a size of organization that can afford a team of computing IT
managers dedicated to systems automation. Medical organizations have long
resisted automation of process, but they can no longer sustain that attitude.
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