The increasing preference for healthcare information technologies (HCITs) has led to the widescale adoption of ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) systems, globally. HCITs facilitate the secure exchange of health information between consumers, payers, and providers and enable the management of health information across all computer systems. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), office-based physicians, pediatricians, and gynecologists/obstetricians in the country are the largest users of HCITs. This has further stimulated the adoption of ambulatory EHR systems in the country.
Governments across the world are encouraging clinics and hospitals to switch from traditional health recording systems to the electric format. For instance, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of the U.S. government inspires medical facilities to adopt EHR systems, with the objective of improving and modernizing the healthcare system of the country. Owing to this reason, the ambulatory EHR market is expected to accelerate at a 5.9% CAGR during 2017–2023. According to P&S Intelligence, the market stood at $4.0 billion in 2016, and it will reach $6.0 billion by 2023.
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Both these types of ambulatory settings use EHR systems for e-prescribing, practice patient, population health management, health analytics, patient management, decision support, and referral management. Medical professionals are increasingly adopting these systems for providing e-prescriptions, owing to the surging government initiatives. Healthcare professionals procure such EHR solutions through on-premises and cloud-based models. Presently, they are increasingly deploying cloud-based solutions as they are available at a lower cost than the on-premises solutions. Besides, the surging requirement for gaining secure remote access to patients’ health records among healthcare providers and insurance companies will boost the adoption of cloud-based EHR solutions, globally.
In the coming years, the Asia-Pacific ambulatory EHR market will exhibit the fastest growth, due to the huge investments being made in EHR systems by non-profit organizations, government agencies, and private companies and surging geriatric population. Moreover, the rising incidence of chronic illnesses in the highly populated nations of India and China will fuel the adoption of ambulatory EHR systems in the foreseeable future. For instance, the Government of India has introduced various initiatives under its Digital India plan to implement EHR in telemedicine and e-Health.
Thus, the increasing penetration of HCITs and cloud platforms will fuel the integration of EHR systems in ambulatory centers in the coming years.