Category: Physicians
54 Specialty EHR Vendors Across 17 Categories Mark New Entries in the 2024 Black Book Surveys with High Satisfaction Marks

Black Book Research, recognized for its unbiased, crowdsourced insights into the physician technology and managed services sectors, highlights the 2024 vendors who earned top awards for customer experience and user satisfaction in medical practice management.



Physician Claims Clients Endorse Four Companies That Are Excelling at Best Handling the New Customer Influx: Veradigm, Waystar, Experian, and Availity


Despite 2023 warnings to strengthen cybersecurity defenses, ransomware attacks persist, resulting in significant financial losses, disruptions to operations, and jeopardizing patient care.


Ninety-three percent of independent medical providers agree that specialist-specific EHRs position them best for value-based reimbursement, practice management and patient satisfaction.



The 2023 demand for robust physician practice management tools is fueled by the challenges surrounding increasing administrative burden, shrinking labor pools, and continued reimbursement pressures.



This is the fourth consecutive year Modernizing Medicine has received the highest satisfaction and loyalty industry award from surgical specialist practices nationally.

Seventy-six percent of independent specialists agree that specialist-specific EHRs will position them best for value-based reimbursement







Eight in 10 independent physician specialty practices have affirmed their confidence in specialty-distinctive electronic health record systems and robust multi-use EHRs with well-constructed specialty modules, as the more detailed aspects of fourth generation usability come into play and provider connectivity issues persist. Eleven percent of specialists seek to end chronic system replacements with flexible cloud-based and specialty-driven EHRs tailored to improve financial, workflow, clinical outcomes and satisfaction.







CDI is the key to better ICD-10 coding and reimbursement accuracy, but it's also vital for preparing organizations for population health.

Secure texting is evolving into a collaboration platform confronting the complexities and protocols of healthcare enterprise communications

Provider demand for consultants with value-based care expertise , physician engagement, analytics & culture change advisory climbs sharply.



The implementation of ICD 10 in the rearview mirror, latest survey discloses the appeal of outsourcing coding and CDI has only increased.
Navicure, ZirMed, Advisory Board & Optum reach swell after high-profile mergers, setting them up to capitalize on new satisfaction scores.

Health system viability is now vulnerably reliant on the success of a single organizational venture: revenue cycle management transformation. With margins sinking to less than three percent nationwide, providers seek opportunities for capturing all revenue through updated software solutions and outsourcing.



Surveyed electronic health record users narrowed down an elite group of top performing vendors across eighteen key performance indicators, McKesson's iKnowMedSM retains its top satisfaction rating for sixth consecutive year.

Rated highest in client satisfaction and client loyalty for Coding, CDI & Transcription Software Tools by hospitals and physicians.

Creeping insurance costs and the popularity of high-deductible plans have created an inflamed uptick in patient payment responsibility. Health insurance deductibles increased 300% on average in the last ten years leaving consumers confused and two thirds of providers waiting over sixty days to collect payments.