EMR Vendors Cerner & Epic Hold 75% Of New Large Hospital Market Share

Cerner and Epic combined hold 75% of new electronic medical record (EMR) system contracts signed over the past year with hospitals with 200 or more beds in the United States. There were 92 new EHR contracts signed in 2012. Epic signed 47, and Cerner signed 23. There are nearly 1,500 large hospitals in the United States. Since 2009, 405 have selected a new commercially marketed EMR. Another 443 have no EMR or are using a legacy system, with the majority hospitals legacy systems from two vendors—McKesson Horizon or MEDITECH MAGIC. Of the nearly 1,500 large hospitals, as . . .