If hospitals don't already have an EHR, they are certainly looking to purchase one. And if they already have one, they may be looking to switch vendors.
The landscape for purchasing EHRs is not stagnant. Here are 13 healthcare leadership roles who reported intentions to purchase an EHR in the upcoming year, according to survey results from peer60, a market research company.
The survey was administered to nearly 1,000 hospital "decision makers" in the U.S.
CMIO: 53 percent (discussed purchasing an EHR in 2015)
Director of nursing: 50 percent
CMO: 32 percent
CNO: 31 percent
CEO: 31 percent
Quality manager: 28 percent
Information Systems director: 24 percent
CIO: 24 percent
CFO: 22 percent
COO: 21 percent
CQO: 15 percent
Director of quality: 15 percent
IT manager: 12 percent
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