KLAS has announced the winners of its 2019 Best in Klas Software and Services vendors awards – solution providers that are leading the way in helping healthcare professionals deliver better patient care. The most notable performances awarded were vendors that excelled in several KLAS categories. They include:
Epic – named top Overall Software Suite for the ninth consecutive year. Additionally, Epic was named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor, won Best in KLAS awards in nine segments, and won Category Leader awards in two segments.
Impact Advisors – named top Overall IT Services Firm, breaking a two-year run by Optimum Healthcare IT. Impact Advisors also won one Best in KLAS award (for HIT Enterprise Implementation Leadership) and one Category Leader award (for Clinical Optimization).
Premier, Inc. – named top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm. Premier also won the Best in KLAS award for Strategy, Growth, and Consolidation Consulting.
No other vendors received more than one Best in KLAS award.
Those awarded for having the “Most Improved” products this year include:
- Greenway Health Intergy HER – Physician Practice
- ARxIUM MedSelect Cabinets – Medical Equipment
- GE Healthcare Universal Viewer – Software
Others taking the lead in various Best in KLAS categories include:
- Omnicell OmniRx – automated dispensing cabinets
- ICU Medical Plum 360 – smart pumps
- HealthEC Population Health Management Suite – population health
- Navigant Cymetrix – revenue cycle outsourcing
- InTouch Health Telehealth Network – virtual care platforms
- ROI Healthcare Solutions – partial IT outsourcing
- Sectra PACS – PACS (large hospital/IDN)
Separate from the Best in KLAS awards, the Category Leader designation is reserved for use in select market segments that don’t qualify for Best in KLAS but in which at least two products meet a minimum level of KLAS Konfidence. Like Best in KLAS winners, vendors awarded a Category Leader designation also stand out for helping healthcare organizations deliver quality patient care.