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Healthcare information systems market comprises of various healthcare solutions targeting different
stakeholders. It can range from Practice Management systems (PMS), Electronic Health Record (HER),

Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Patient Engagement solutions, Revenue cycle management,
Pharmacy information system, Laboratory information system, to the medical imaging system. Table 1
presents a summary of these tools and key players. With the advance technologies cloud computing it is

possible to integrate these systems to provide care services which are more efficient in terms of
collaboration, operations and cost.

Table 1. Types of healthcare information systems

System Application Examples

Practice Management PMS are used to streamline the AdvancedMD,
Systems (PMS) administrative workflow of practice Advanced Data
(e.g. hospital). Systems

Electronic Medical Records An electronic medical record (EMR) is Epic, Allscripts
(EMR) a single practice’s digital version of a
patient’s chart. An EMR contains the
patient’s medical history, diagnoses
and treatments by a physician, nurse
practitioner, specialist, dentist,
surgeon or clinic.

Electronic Health Records EHRs are built to share information eClinicalWorks,
(EHR) with other health care providers and Cerner
organizations – such as laboratories,
specialists, medical imaging facilities,
pharmacies, emergency facilities, and
school and workplace clinics – so they
contain information from all clinicians
involved in a patient’s care.

Patient engagement Patient engagement software is an NextGen
solutions electronic system designed to Healthcare,
communicate with patients, provide AdvancedMD
educational resources, or manage the
patient-provider relationship.

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