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Emerging Technology Insight


Look into the future of Healthcare IT to guide your innovation strategy for improving healthcare quality.



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This research identifies new technologies that are having an impact in healthcare IT.
 

Why is KLAS Studying Emerging Technology?


Each week, dozens of new companies approach healthcare organizations hoping to present their latest innovative solutions. But leaders at these organizations report more noise than ever from healthcare start-ups. They often want guidance on which solutions they should consider.
KLAS can help cut through the noise. We work with healthcare providers, innovation centers, and others to identify new companies to research. We then validate which emerging companies are solving real healthcare problems in innovative ways.
 
Do you know of an up-and-coming solution that is successfully solving some of the most difficult healthcare challenges?

 
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Emerging Technology Offerings

 
Explore the different ways to learn about the latest up-and-coming technologies in healthcare IT.
 
 
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Emerging Technology Category Page

 
See new technologies and products that generate results with high-levels of satisfaction using the ROI Risk Quadrant. This information can give you a sense of which Emerging Technology solutions are clear leaders. Also on this page is a list of all the KLAS-rated vendors by category and their Spotlight reports.
 
 
 

Spotlight Reports

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Focus on one emerging company, combining early customer feedback with KLAS insights.
 
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CareSimple: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2021
25 June 21    |   Schafer Jackson, Joshua Jensen, Sam Eaquinto
To broaden their virtual care strategies, many healthcare organizations are looking for ways to remotely monitor patients, generate additional revenue, and improve outcomes. CareSimple offers a cloud-based remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution that includes cellular-enabled devices and key services to help organizations optimize their RPM approach. This report aims to validate the performance and scalability of their offering.
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Swellbox: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2021
18 June 21    |   Mac Boyter, Joshua Jensen, Sam Eaquinto
Accelerating an ongoing healthcare trend, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has proposed changes that would strengthen a patient's right to gain access to their own health information. Swellbox provides tools and support to empower patients to access their PHI. This report looks to validate the outcomes and satisfaction of Swellbox clients on this important topic.
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Upfront: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2021
04 June 21    |   Adam Cherrington, Joshua Jensen, Sam Eaquinto
Upfront’s purpose is to engage patients in their care by focusing on the patient actions needed to improve health outcomes. Using analytics to tailor patient communications, they offer ways for patients to connect and engage with care teams at a deeper level. This customized approach has the potential to personalize care and follows consumerism trends found outside healthcare. This report examines the experiences of early customers.
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Bluesight Insights: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2021
28 May 21    |   Jackson Tate, Joshua Jensen, Sam Eaquinto
Kit Check has created Bluesight Insights to help maximize savings by streamlining medication purchasing and cost containment. The solution identifies unused wholesaler contracts that have reduced pricing for preferred drugs, highlights savings through additional drug programs (e.g., 340B, MedShorts, etc.), and gives proactive alerts to avoid over-invoicing. This KLAS Spotlight will examine the experiences of early adopters using Bluesight Insights.
 
 

Top-of-mind Reports

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Reveal the innovative or disruptive companies and market segments that are top of mind for healthcare organizations today.
 
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Emerging HCIT Companies 2021: Top-of-Mind Healthcare Technologies
23 September 21    |   Doug Tolley, Sam Eaquinto
Representing the feedback of 139 healthcare professionals from 131 provider organizations, this report examines the healthcare IT (HCIT) vendors and market segments that are top of mind for healthcare organizations today as well as which technologies are likely to be the target of future investment. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed capital spending for a time, patient engagement, artificial intelligence/machine learning, telehealth, and other remote care solutions continue to attract attention. In total, this report indexes nearly 100 emerging vendors in these and other high-interest markets.
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Emerging HCIT Companies 2020 Midyear Update: Top-of-Mind Healthcare Technologies
01 September 20    |   Doug Tolley, Sam Eaquinto
Representing the feedback of 255 healthcare professionals from 210 different provider organizations, this report indexes the healthcare IT (HCIT) vendors and market segments that are top of mind for healthcare organizations today. As would be expected, the worldwide pandemic has generated significant interest in telehealth, patient engagement, and other remote care solutions. In total, this report includes more than 100 emerging vendors in these and other high-interest markets. Annually, KLAS conducts thousands of interviews with provider organizations to better understand their experience with their HCIT vendors. However, not all vendors are measured by KLAS today—some emerging vendors have very small customer bases, and others work in market segments outside KLAS’ current focus. To gain insights into vendors we might not currently measure, KLAS asks interviewed organizations to share the most innovative or potentially disruptive HIT vendor they have seen or heard about recently. The companies and market segments that have surfaced during these interviews are shared in this report; in the future, KLAS will monitor the companies that continue to pique market interest and gain mindshare among healthcare organizations. Note: The data in this report was collected January 2020–June 2020.
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Emerging HCIT Companies 2020: Top-of-Mind Healthcare Technologies
25 February 20    |   Doug Tolley, Sam Eaquinto
KLAS conducts thousands of annual interviews with provider organizations to better understand their experience with their healthcare IT vendors. However, not all vendors are measured by KLAS today—some emerging vendors have very small customer bases, and others work in market segments outside KLAS’ current focus. This report also includes some established companies newly disrupting the healthcare market (e.g., Amazon, Google, Salesforce). To gain insights on emerging companies in healthcare IT, KLAS asks interviewed organizations to share the most innovative or potentially disruptive HIT vendor they have seen or heard about recently. During the latter half of 2019, 341 healthcare professionals from 299 different provider organizations responded to this question. This report shares the top-of-mind companies and market segments that surfaced from these interviews; in the future, KLAS will monitor those companies that continue to pique market interest and gain mindshare among healthcare organizations. Note: The data in this report was collected in the latter half of 2019 (from July 2019–Dec 2019).
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Emerging HCIT Companies 2019 Midyear Update: Top-of-Mind Healthcare Technologies
22 August 19    |   Doug Tolley, Sam Eaquinto
Annually, KLAS conducts thousands of interviews with provider organizations to better understand their experience with their healthcare IT vendors. However, not all vendors are measured by KLAS today—some emerging vendors have very small customer bases, and others work in market segments outside KLAS’ current focus. To gain insights on these emerging companies, KLAS asks interviewed organizations to share the most innovative or potentially disruptive HIT vendor they have seen or heard about recently. During the first half of 2019, 68 healthcare professionals from 66 different provider organizations responded to this question. This report shares the top-of-mind companies and market segments that surfaced from these interviews; in the future, KLAS will monitor those companies that continue to pique market interest and gain mindshare among healthcare organizations.
 

Emerging Technology Articles

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eTech Insight–Build-A-Bear EHRs?
22 December 21
We are entering an era where "lite EHRs" built on cloud environments will emerge to challenge the current EHR oligopoly.
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eTech Insight - Advances in Voice Services Will Apply to Healthcare
08 December 21
Healthcare organizations will need to adopt these same conversational voice capabilities from retail and finance sectors to remain competitive in their markets.
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eTech Insight – EmsanaRx to Challenge Powerful PBMs
30 November 21
National employer group the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) is starting Emsana Health to develop healthcare products for large employers.
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eTech Insight – Augmented Intelligence = AI for Healthcare
16 November 21
Dr. Robert Bart, M.D., CMIO of UPMC stated that AI should be referred to as augmented intelligence versus artificial intelligence in healthcare.
 
 
How do we gather this information?
 
Once we identify an Emerging Technology company to highlight, we engage with them. We then interview a small sample of their customers about the technology and the vendor's performance. After analyzing the feedback, we publish it in a report.
 
 
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  • You want KLAS to investigate and spotlight an Emerging Technology company to learn more about how it might work in your organization.
  • An Emerging Technology solution has made a positive impact on your organization and you want to share the love.
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Featured KLAS Emerging Technology Spotlight Badge

 
 
 

What does this mean?

The badge communicates that KLAS has identified and validated the early performance of the innovative, disruptive, or emerging technology solution.
 
 

How can this be used?

 
Vendors may display the badge on their websites and marketing materials to communicate KLAS’ validation of their emerging solution. Please submit all materials using the badge to datause@klasresearch.com for approval.

By clicking on the badge or provided link, providers can easily access and review the Spotlight report to see the solution’s early performance, achieved outcomes by providers, and validated feature functionality.*
 
"*Please note that the Featured KLAS Emerging Technology Spotlight badge does not endorse the solution or promise high-level vendor performance."
 
 

How do I get a badge?

 
Number 1
 Contact KLAS to start the research process.
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 If you qualify, work with KLAS to publish a Spotlight report.
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 Recieve the Spotlight badge.
 
 
 
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