Financial incentives urging medical facilities to adopt Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) recently started flowing to qualified organizations.  Penalties for failing to adopt start in 2015.  So, over the next 4 ½ years, physicians and medical administration alike will be pushing forward in the quest for an EMR.

With incentives for adopting earlier rather than later offering extra financial advantages, current EMRs on the market seem to have the edge on competitors.  So, what types of products are flooding the market?

Historically a PC-saturated industry, the EMR market is PC-friendly rich in EMR options.  However, the adoption of EMRs may cause a shift in the market to a Mac standard. 

Chris Thorman of Software Advice’s article Mac EMR Software | A Guide to Medical Software for Apple Computers touches on this very subject.

Many providers, notably smaller offices, are choosing Apple computers over PC-based systems to run their practice. Their reasons are the same reasons consumers choose Mac products: stability, simplicity and ‘coolness’".   ~Chris Thorman, Software Advice

Will Apple take a large slice out of the PC’s medical industry?  Or, will a lack of available Mac options early on in this race minimize the potential effect of the market?

The market likes options, so more Apple-friendly EMRs are bound to spring up.  But, with incentives rewarding quick implementaiton, facilities may jump the gun instead of waiting for more products to surface.

For a succinct article outlining current Mac compatible products and web-based EMR check out Thorman’s article on Mac EMR Software.

Read more: http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/mac-emr-software-a-guide-to-medical-software-for-apple-computers-1051810/#ixzz0oaEFQ8NS