The market for electronic medical records exceeded $20 billion in 2012 and will see robust sales in 2013, according to a report called "EMR 2013: The Market for Electronic Medical Records," by Kalorama Information, a publisher of medical markets research.
The EMR market reached $20.7 billion in 2012, a 15 percent increase from $17.9 billion in 2011. The trend of adoption will continue to improve, and current EMR owners will upgrade their systems. Hospital EMR adoption is also expected to be greater than physician EMR adoption, according to the report.
The report also includes revenues for EMR/EHR systems, CPOE systems and directly related services.
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The EMR market reached $20.7 billion in 2012, a 15 percent increase from $17.9 billion in 2011. The trend of adoption will continue to improve, and current EMR owners will upgrade their systems. Hospital EMR adoption is also expected to be greater than physician EMR adoption, according to the report.
The report also includes revenues for EMR/EHR systems, CPOE systems and directly related services.
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