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KLAS is the only research firm that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare’s information technology (HIT) vendors. KLAS’ mission is to improve HIT delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4500 hospitals and over 2500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the HIT industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.healthcomputing.com, email marketing@healthcomputing.com, or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.
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28 SEP	KLAS Report Rates Five Unit Dose Packaging Vendors
	KLAS spoke with more than 130 healthcare professionals to understand the successes and struggles they experience with their unit dose packaging vendors and systems.

12 SEP	Adam Gale Named KLAS President
	Adam Gale has been appointed the President of KLAS Enterprises.

09 SEP	KLAS Ranks 6 Extensive IT Outsourcing Vendors
	KLAS offers a view of what is happening in the extensive IT outsourcing space by measuring outsourcer performance and providing insight into the experiences of the outsourced organizations.

03 SEP	KLAS Ranks 5 Smart Pump Vendors
	Smart infusion pumps are designed to add a line of defense at the bedside against such medication errors by ensuring that the right medication and dose go to the right patient every time. KLAS interviewed over 200 healthcare professionals regarding the experiences they are having with their smart infusion pump vendors.

16 AUG	KLAS Researches Momentum of 8 CIS Vendors
	KLAS recently published research identifying the Clinical Information System (CIS) vendors that prospective buyers plan to purchase from, which other vendors would be considered in the purchase process, and the strengths and weaknesses of each vendor.

01 AUG	KLAS Ranks 5 High-Field MR Vendors
	KLAS spoke with 220 healthcare professionals to understand the successes and struggles providers were experiencing with vendors in the high-field MR market.

04 JUL	KLAS Rates 7 Speech Recognition Systems
	KLAS spoke with more than 300 healthcare professionals to investigate both front-end and back-end speech recognition vendors. Beyond features and functionality, differing client satisfaction stemmed from the way the vendor interacts with the client via the sales force, support infrastructure, and executive team.

01 JUL	KLAS Rates 8 Vendors In Its 2008 Clinical Market Share Report
	According to findings in KLAS’ 2008 Clinical Market Share Report, the CIS market has reached replacement status. More sales are coming from organizations that are replacing existing solutions than from those buying solutions for the first time. Which vendors are being replaced and why?

01 JUL	KLAS Rates 13 Medical Transcription Services Organizations
	KLAS interviewed more than 400 healthcare professionals for its third annual Medical Transcription Services Organizations (MTSO) report to uncover how the vendors are performing in the MTSO marketplace.

25 JUN	KLAS Rates 3 Medical Oncology It Vendors
	At the request of healthcare providers seeking to modernize their oncology practices, KLAS delved into the medical oncology marketplace and produced this initial study on the market.

13 JUN	KLAS Rates Top 10 Healthcare Business Intelligence Vendors
	KLAS spoke with more than 150 healthcare professionals about their perceptions of vendors in the business intelligence marketplace and discovered the opportunity for BI in healthcare is wide open.

06 JUN	KLAS Rates 9 Ambulatory EDI Claims Clearinghouse Vendors
	KLAS addresses the question of whether an ambulatory EDI claims clearinghouse is simply a commodity, while researching the successes and struggles healthcare providers experienced when working with their clearinghouse service vendors.

18 May	Which PACS Vendors Best Address Provider Need
	KLAS’ PACS report for large hospitals found a significant range in healthcare provider scoring of their PACS solution. With more than 70 PACS solutions available in the marketplace today, data presented in this report represents the experiences of more than 600 healthcare professionals currently utilizing a PACS vendor.

17 May	Successful Clinical Implementation Team Building
	Healthcare providers share insights with KLAS into how to fill implementation team gaps and build successful teams. They share what worked for them and offer advice on how to improve the process.

17 May	KLAS Investigates Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
	KLAS drills down into hospital revenue cycle management and the ability of software solutions to keep up with healthcare provider needs. The report addresses perceptions in the marketplace rather than actual performance scores and contains opinions from more than 170 healthcare participants.

05 May	Healthcare Providers Demand Feedback About Computed Radiography
	Due to provider requests, KLAS investigates single-cassette computed radiography (CR) in this groundbreaking study to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the marketplace.

05 May	Is Digital X-ray Worth The Effort?
	Digital Radiography adoption continues to grow, despite CT and MR technology advances, due to its relatively low cost and frequency of use. KLAS investigates which vendors hit the mark for healthcare providers in this digital x-ray report.

09 MAR	Klas Delivers Report On Labor And Delivery It Solutions: Providers Cite Strengths And Weaknesses Of Their L & D Systems
	KLAS’ Labor and Delivery report investigates L&D vendor solutions; which vendors are making the most progress toward integration, what functionality is most important to providers, and how satisfied providers are with current vendor offerings?

25 FEB	KLAS Ambulatory EMR Perception Report Probes Providers For Market Insights
	Providers shared their thoughts and perceptions with KLAS about their near-term plans for EMR purchasing, key criteria for selecting an EMR and which vendors they would consider if making that purchasing decision today.

25 FEB	KLAS Investigates CPOE Offerings And Technology Leaders
	KLAS measured the depth of CPOE adoption in this sixth and most recent study to find out provider satisfaction with the vendor offerings and the depth of usage in this growing area.

15 FEB	KLAS' Single Sign-On Study Uncovers Driving Forces In Adoption
	KLAS found that Single Sign-On is more of a when than an if technology, even if the only push toward adoption is meeting the requirements of HIPAA, JCAHO and other patient safety initiatives. Most healthcare providers report their vendors perform well. However, with adoption being a matter of time, providers in the process of selecting an SSO solution often wonder what the differences are.

16 JAN	Digital Mammography Impacts Throughput, Workflow And Revenues
	KLAS delves into the adoption of digital imaging in mammography services and publishes its inaugural Digital Mammography Report to inform healthcare providers about the successes and struggles other healthcare providers have encountered while integrating digital mammography in their hospitals and clinics.

10 JAN	KLAS Investigates Application Hosting Services In Healthcare
	A growing number of healthcare provider organizations are turning to vendors and third party firms to host and manage some of their core applications. KLAS takes an in-depth look at what is happening in the provider application hosting marketplace, what is fueling this growth, and investigates provider successes, struggles and satisfaction with vendors in this growing area.

06 JAN	KLAS Studies Medication Administration Barcoding At The Point Of Contact
	Since 2003, KLAS has been monitoring the Medication Administration Barcoding at the point of contact (BPOC) market segment. In this report, KLAS set out to discover what changes are happening in the marketplace as well as the successes and struggles healthcare providers are encountering with medication administration.

29 DEC	KLAS Investigates Emerging CVIS Needs And Industry
	Research respondents shared with KLAS their struggles in attempting to harmonize the fragmented cardiology IT environment in spite of the staggering number of critical interfaces. In this report, KLAS investigates cardiovascular imformation systems.

20 DEC	KLAS Announces 2007 Best In KLAS Vendor Rankings
	KLAS publishes 2007 year-end Top 20 Report with Best in KLAS and Category leaders in the HIT industry. Four new markets were added to the report this publication. Information about Best in KLAS is available on our website at www.healthcomputing.com/Top_20.

07 DEC	Clinical Market Share Report Details Market Penetration Of CIS Vendors
	KLAS’ Clinical Market Share Report Sheds Light on Actual CIS Market Share. With ninety percent of acute care hospitals 200 beds and larger having already contracted with a CIS vendor for a nursing/physician solution, in this report KLAS investigates how satisfied provider organizations are with their original decision and how many are sticking with that decision.

07 DEC	Provider Insight Deciphers Community Hospital PACS Riddle
	KLAS Announces the Recent Publication of its Community Hospital PACS Report. In its most recent Community Hospital PACS report, KLAS offers insights shared by providers across the country into today’s PACS market, market trends and findings and performance reports on vendors in the market space.