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For the sixth straight year, Epic has secured the top spot for Overall Software Suite in the Best in KLAS: Software & Services report, which is compiled based on feedback from healthcare providers. Epic was also named the best Overall Physician Practice Vendor and received Best in KLAS awards in seven segments. The Verona, Wisconsin-based behemoth also won for best acute care EMR, ambulatory EMR, and patient portal. Epic also notched a win in the health information exchange category, for its Care Everywhere technology. Impact Advisors, meanwhile, was tops in the Overall IT Services Firm category for the fourth year running, also winning Best in KLAS for IT Advisory Services. Also, with a 20 percent score increase from last year, Medicity won recognition as the overall most improved vendor for its population health technology. Among vendors who received multiple Best in KLAS awards, Merge earned three for cardiology, radiology and VNA/image archive; athenahealth, CareTech Solutions, CureMD and Galen Healthcare each earned two awards. "As healthcare continues to evolve, it is imperative that we seek innovation and constantly address the needs of a shifting market," said Adam Gale, CEO and president of KLAS in a statement.  "KLAS is honored to work with talented healthcare providers who willingly share their experiences with us and make the Best in KLAS report possible," he said. "We also commend all the vendors who strive to improve their products and services in order to provide the best possible healthcare." Here is the full list of winners: Award Category Recipient Award Category Recipient SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Acute Care EMR Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR (Large - Over 200 Beds) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Ambulatory EMR (1-10 Physicians) CureMD EMR (1-10 Physicians) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Ambulatory EMR (11-75 Physicians) athenahealth athenaClinicals SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Ambulatory EMR (Over 75 Physicians) Epic EpicCare Ambulatory EMR (Over 75 Physicians) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Business Intelligence/ Analytics Dimensional Insight The Diver Solution SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Cardiology Merge Cardio SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Claims and Clearinghouse ZirMed Clearinghouse SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Community HIS MEDITECH C/S Community HIS (v.6) (Small - 1-200 Beds) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Document Management and Imaging Hyland OnBase SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Emergency Department Wellsoft EDIS SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE ERP Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Global (Non-US) Acute EMR InterSystems TrakCare EPR SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Global (Non-US) PACS Sectra PACS (Non-US) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Global (Non-US) Patient Administration Systems Cerner Millennium Patient Administration System (Non-US) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Health Information Exchange (HIE) Epic Care Everywhere SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Homecare Thornberry NDoc SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Laboratory McKesson Lab SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Long-Term Care PointClickCare SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE PACS Sectra PACS (Large - Over 200 Beds) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Patient Access Experian Health eCare NEXT (Passport) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Patient Accounting and Patient Management Epic Resolute Hospital Billing (Large - Over 200 Beds) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Patient Portals Epic MyChart SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Population Health IBM Population Health Management Suite (Phytel) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Practice Management (1-10 Physicians) CureMD PMS SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Practice Management (11-75 Physicians) athenahealth athenaCollector (11-75 Physicians) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Practice Management (Over 75 Physicians) Epic Resolute/Prelude/Cadence Ambulatory (Over 75 Physicians) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Radiology Merge Unity RIS (DR Systems) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Speech Recognition - Front End Dolbey Fusion SpeechEMR (EMR) SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE Surgery Management Epic OpTime SEGMENT LEADERS: SOFTWARE VNA/Image Archive Merge iConnect Enterprise Archive SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Application Hosting (CIS ERP HIS) Cerner Application Hosting (CIS/ERP/HIS) SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Extended Business Office Navigant Cymetrix SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Extensive IT Outsourcing CareTech Solutions SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HIT Enterprise Implementation Leadership Navin, Hafty & Associates (NHA) SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HIT Implementation Support & Staffing Galen Healthcare SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IT Advisory Services Impact Advisors SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Partial IT Outsourcing CareTech Solutions SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Revenue Cycle Transformation Deloitte Consulting SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Technical Services Galen Healthcare SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Value-Based Care Advisory Services Premier SEGMENT LEADERS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Value-Based Care Managed Services Lumeris CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE 340B Management Systems Macro Helix 340B Architect CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Acute Care EMR (Community) Cerner Millenium PowerChart/CommunityWorks Clinicals CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Alarm Management Connexall CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Anatomic Pathology Cerner CoPathPlus CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Anesthesia Epic Anesthesia Information Management System CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Cardiology Hemodynamics Merge Hemo CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE CDI Software Chartwise CDI CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Chargemaster Management Craneware Chargemaster Toolkit CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Claims Management MedAssets Claims Management CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Clinical Decision Support - Care Plans Zynx Health ZynxCare CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Clinical Decision Support - Order Sets Zynx Health ZynxOrder CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Clinical Decision Support - Point of Care Clinical Reference VisualDx (Logical Images) CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Clinical Decision Support - Surveillance Wolters Kluwer Pharmacy OneSource Sentri7 CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Computer-Assisted Coding Optum Optum360 Enterprise CAC CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Decision Support - Business Strata Decision StrataJazz Decision Support CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE ECG Data Management Epiphany Healthcare cardio Server CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Enterprise Advanced Visualization Philips IntellisSpace Portal CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Enterprise Scheduling Streamline Health Looking Glass Enterprise Scheduling and Resource Management CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Image Exchange DICOM Grid DG Suite CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Infection Control and Monitoring BD MedMined (CareFusion) CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Integration Engines Corepoint Health Integration Engine CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Interactive Patient Systems TVRC pCare CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Labor and Delivery Clinical Computer Systems OBIX Perinatal Data System CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Laboratory (Small/Ambulatory) Orchard Harvest LIS CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Medical Device Integration Systems Capsule DataCaptor CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Medical Records Coding 3M Codefinder CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Mobile Data Systems Ingenious Med impower & MedAptus Pro Charge Capture CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Oncology Varian ARIA CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE PACS (Ambulatory) INFINITT PACS CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE PACS (Community) INFINITT PACS CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Patient Accounting and Patient Management (Community) MEDITECH C/S Patient Accounting CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Patient Flow TeleTracking Capacity Management Suite CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Patient Privacy Monitoring Iatric Systems Security Audit Manager CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Pharmacy - Outpatient (Retail) QS/1 NRx CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Point of Use Inventory Management PAR Excellence Systems CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Quality Management Nuance Clintegrity 360 Quality Management Solutions CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Secure Messaging Imprivata Cortext CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Single Sign-On Imprivata OneSign Single Sign-On CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Speech Recognition - Back End Dolbey Fusion Speech CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Staff/Nurse Scheduling GE Healthcare API Healthcare ShiftSelect CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Talent Management Halogen Software TalentSpace for Healthcare CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Time and Attendance Kronos Workforce Timekeeper CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Treatment Planning Varian Eclipse CATEGORY LEADERS: SOFTWARE Urgent Care Practice Velocity VelociDoc Tablet Urgent Care CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES Business Solutions Implementation Services Xerox CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES CDI Services PwC CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES Go-Live Support Apex Systems CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES Outsourced Coding Oxford Healthcare IT (On Assignment) CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES Release of Information MRO Corp CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES Revenue Cycle Outsourcing MedAssets CATEGORY LEADERS: SERVICES Transcription Services FutureNet Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN

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