Ambulatory EHR Market Synopsis

Ambulatory EHR Market Size Was Valued at USD 20.30 Billion in 2023, and is Projected to Reach USD 33.78 Billion by 2032, Growing at a CAGR of 5.82% From 2024-2032.

The Ambulatory Electronic Health Records (EHR) means that the electronic medical records by the healthcare workers in healthcare facilities and environments that are non-hospital based like clinic, a physician’s practice, an ambulatory surgery center among others. These systems facilitate the clinical work processes, improve patient outcomes and treatment, increase organizational productivity, and maintain legal requirements.

•  The ambulatory EHR market is still emerging and is growing due to higher healthcare digitization, movement from fee-for-service to value, and the drive for better outpatient process flow. As more healthcare entities adopt EHRs, ambulatory EHR systems are now critical for enhancing the care of patients and decreasing their expenses. Based on these systems, patient information is collected and the care givers can easily communicate thus increasing the chances of good care co-ordination.
• Another reason for increased growth of the ambulatory EHR market is government incentives and regulations such as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Moreover, the global market for mobile health solutions and services accompanied by the increasing need for telemedicine services also contribute to the market growth as the health care providers searching for technologies to support remote care. The present integration of enhanced technologies of AI and data analytics within ambulatory EHR systems is improving diagnostic results, patient care, and clinical decision-making.
• It is already apparent that issues related to security and privacy, as well as the ability to better protect the patient information that is at the core of most EHR systems, continue to present significant barriers to the deployment and usage of EHR systems. Nevertheless, advances of safety in this area and the problem of meeting relevant legislation, including HIPAA when it comes to the United States, mitigate these issues. The trend to achieve EHR interoperability, enabling different healthcare systems share information with each other is also one of the key factors fueling the growth of the ambulatory EHR market because of the easiness of data sharing and receiving it in another care setting.
• While the ambulatory EHR market is currently focusing on areas that provide for better user experience and satisfaction, EHR vendors are determined to compete via design and functionality that will not burden clinicians with overwhelming features. Also, the shift toward cloud EHR systems is picking up steam because it is possible to scale and flexible and can reduce costs significantly. This report analyzed that the future of ambulatory EHR market will be on an upward trend as more advancement is made in the technological front and as the healthcare powered by technology continues to advance.

Ambulatory EHR Market Trend Analysis

Cloud-Based Ambulatory EHR Solutions

• One of the directions outlined in the market is the transition to cloud-based ambulatory EHR. Real time data also means that data can easily be retrieved from the cloud based systems which is very important in practices with different branches or places, and those that offer many online services such as telemedicine. :These systems also minimize infrastructure costs as they can rely on CSPs for data storage or system infrastructural maintenance. This increases the cost of implementing EHRs across the cycle and in the process, negates the advantages that come with the scalability of cloud based EHRs thus; there is growth of organizations without having to invest heavily in IT to support growth.
• Additionally, through cloud storage technology Cloud EHR improves data sharing since data can easily be transferred between different healthcare organizations. This integration is important to provide a full-spectrum care and to ensure the patient’s data are shared among the care givers. Whereby the focus of the majority of healthcare organisations is to provide patient-centered care with coordination and use of CBEHRs is expected to boost the ambulatory EHR space.

Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Ambulatory EHR

• The key opportunity for the market is the direct implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into ambulatory EHR systems. AI can enrich clinical decision making by offering real-time statistically process and prognostications derived from the patient’s health and disease history signals. This will assist clinicians on detection of Risk factors such as medication complications or adverse reactions to some drugs and also assist on making right diagnosis and treatment plans. Only in this way ambulatory EHR systems will assist healthcare providers to enhance their efforts to deliver patients with more effective and individualised care using, therefore, artificial intelligence techniques.
• Even further, AI as a part of ambulatory EHR can potentially help to cancel out most administrative burdens, for example, progressing billing, coding, or scheduling. This not only declutters the work of healthcare providers but also lowers the error quotient that enhances the practice’s efficiency. There will be further improvement as well as complexity as AI technologies remain to be applied more intensively to ambulatory EHRs in the near future.

Ambulatory EHR Market Segment Analysis:

Ambulatory EHR Market is segmented on the basis of product, application and end user.

By Product, Integrated EHR segment is expected to dominate the market during the forecast period

• The ambulatory EHR market is divided into two main product types: systems that combine EHR and systems that had EHR capabilities and only EHR. Standard integrated EHR systems are built to be compatible with other technologies used in the healthcare setting, common ones are Practice Management Systems, Billing software or even Patient portals. These systems offer an integrated information management solution for healthcare organizations improving their connections and handling numerous administrative/clinical tasks. Computerized integrated EHRs are especially helpful in large health systems or organizations that have diverse care service requirements due to the presence of a single patient record that is easily accessible throughout the larger total care process of the organization.
• In contrast, there are separate EHR systems that are developed as individual solutions dedicated to the overall maintenance of the patients’ records. For small practices with limited technology support, these systems are normally cheaper and less difficult to install. Although there are numerous standalone systems, they do not offer a range of options and capabilities of integrated ones, but due to that, they can be effective in practices that need only the basic EHR setting. There key differences and considerations that can help in the decision making of whether to implement an integrated EHR system or a stand alone one depends on various factors such as size of the healthcare organization, the technology needs and last but not the least the budget constraint.

By Application, Patient Management segment expected to held the largest share

• Ambulatory EHR systems are used across several important functionalities such as patient handling, managing prescriptions, billing and coding solutions, reporting and analysis tools, and other functions related to EHR systems . Another role of ambulatory EHRs is the capture of patients, allowing practices to maintain accurate and detailed records of patients visits, problems, medication prescriptions among others. This function ensures that the clinicians who will manage the patients have complete and accurate information about their patients and therefore come up with better decisions regarding their patients.
• Prescription management practice is another functional application, because ambulatory EHRs permit the electronic prescribing of defensive medicine that will minimize on errors and enhance on time usage[4]. Another benefit of prescription management integration into EHR system is a possibility to monitor the history of prescriptive medicines, which in its turn helps to avoid unintended medication interactions and follow up the patient’s compliance with the prescripted regimen. With increased adoption of ambulatory EHRs, these EHR applications are likely to undergo improvement in their capabilities and Hence, it is crucial that ambulatory EHR systems receive similar attention as their inpatient counterparts to achieve the improved functionality they are presumably due to receive in the near future.

Ambulatory EHR Market Regional Insights:

North America is Expected to Dominate the Market Over the Forecast period

• North America is the largest regional market in ambulatory EHR market owing to factors such as, favorable government policies, high usage and escalating expenditure on healthcare facilities. Amongst the key drivers in the United States, the key stimuli have been the Meaningful Use program and the HITECH Act. Furthermore, the region has well developed health care policies and a number of health care facilities that explain popularity of ambulatory EHR solutions.
• Besides, the need for health care technology solutions in North America has been driven by the focus on the need to deliver quality, affordable and efficient health care services. The ambulatory EHR market in North America is expected to have a leadership position due to a constant shift of care providers in the region that embrace digital transformation. In addition, the focus in value-based care as well as interoperability shall remain as key drivers of the market growth in North America.                                                                                                      

  Active Key Players in the Ambulatory EHR Market

  • Epic Systems Corporation (USA)
  • Cerner Corporation (USA)
  • Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (USA)
  • McKesson Corporation (USA)
  • Athenahealth, Inc. (USA)
  • NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (USA)
  • Greenway Health (USA)
  • Meditech (USA)
  • eClinicalWorks (USA)
  • GE Healthcare (USA)
  • Siemens Healthineers (Germany)
  • Vitera Healthcare Solutions (USA)
  • Other key Players

Key Industry Developments in the Ambulatory EHR Market:

• March 2023: NextGen Healthcare, an ambulatory EHR vendor, launched Mirth Cloud Connect, a cloud-based solution that aims to streamline healthcare interoperability. The tool integrates patient data flow from multiple trusted sources for actionable insights at the point of care.
• April 2023: eClinicalWorks, an ambulatory cloud EHR, reported that The Palm Plastic Surgery & Medspa is transitioning to the intelligent eClinicalWorks Cloud and Healow to streamline workflows and enhance patient engagement. Palm Plastic Surgery & Medspa is an aesthetic and reconstructive surgery practice.

Chapter 1: Introduction
 1.1 Scope and Coverage

Chapter 2:Executive Summary

Chapter 3: Market Landscape
 3.1 Market Dynamics
  3.1.1 Drivers
  3.1.2 Restraints
  3.1.3 Opportunities
  3.1.4 Challenges
 3.2 Market Trend Analysis
 3.3 PESTLE Analysis
 3.4 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
 3.5 Industry Value Chain Analysis
 3.6 Ecosystem
 3.7 Regulatory Landscape
 3.8 Price Trend Analysis
 3.9 Patent Analysis
 3.10 Technology Evolution
 3.11 Investment Pockets
 3.12 Import-Export Analysis

Chapter 4: Ambulatory HER Market by Product Type
 4.1 Ambulatory HER Market Snapshot and Growth Engine
 4.2 Ambulatory HER Market Overview
 4.3 Integrated HER
  4.3.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  4.3.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  4.3.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  4.3.4 Integrated HER: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 4.4 Standalone HER
  4.4.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  4.4.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  4.4.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  4.4.4 Standalone HER: Geographic Segmentation Analysis

Chapter 5: Ambulatory HER Market by End User
 5.1 Ambulatory HER Market Snapshot and Growth Engine
 5.2 Ambulatory HER Market Overview
 5.3 Hospitals
  5.3.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  5.3.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  5.3.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  5.3.4 Hospitals: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 5.4 Physician Offices
  5.4.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  5.4.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  5.4.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  5.4.4 Physician Offices: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 5.5 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  5.5.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  5.5.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  5.5.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  5.5.4 Ambulatory Surgical Centers: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 5.6 Other
  5.6.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  5.6.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  5.6.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  5.6.4 Other: Geographic Segmentation Analysis

Chapter 6: Ambulatory HER Market by Application
 6.1 Ambulatory HER Market Snapshot and Growth Engine
 6.2 Ambulatory HER Market Overview
 6.3 Patient Management
  6.3.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.3.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.3.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.3.4 Patient Management: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 6.4 Prescription Management
  6.4.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.4.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.4.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.4.4 Prescription Management: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 6.5 Billing
  6.5.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.5.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.5.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.5.4 Billing: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 6.6 Coding
  6.6.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.6.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.6.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.6.4 Coding: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 6.7 Reporting
  6.7.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.7.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.7.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.7.4 Reporting: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 6.8 Analytics
  6.8.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.8.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.8.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.8.4 Analytics: Geographic Segmentation Analysis
 6.9 Others
  6.9.1 Introduction and Market Overview
  6.9.2 Historic and Forecasted Market Size in Value USD and Volume Units (2017-2032F)
  6.9.3 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  6.9.4 Others : Geographic Segmentation Analysis

Chapter 7: Company Profiles and Competitive Analysis
 7.1 Competitive Landscape
  7.1.1 Competitive Benchmarking
  7.1.2 Ambulatory HER Market Share by Manufacturer (2023)
  7.1.3 Industry BCG Matrix
  7.1.4 Heat Map Analysis
  7.1.5 Mergers and Acquisitions
  
 7.2 EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION (USA)
  7.2.1 Company Overview
  7.2.2 Key Executives
  7.2.3 Company Snapshot
  7.2.4 Role of the Company in the Market
  7.2.5 Sustainability and Social Responsibility
  7.2.6 Operating Business Segments
  7.2.7 Product Portfolio
  7.2.8 Business Performance
  7.2.9 Key Strategic Moves and Recent Developments
  7.2.10 SWOT Analysis
 7.3 CERNER CORPORATION (USA)
 7.4 ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS INC (USA)
 7.5 MCKESSON CORPORATION (USA)
 7.6 ATHENAHEALTH INC (USA)
 7.7 NEXTGEN HEALTHCARE INC (USA)
 7.8 GREENWAY HEALTH (USA)
 7.9 MEDITECH (USA)
 7.10 ECLINICALWORKS (USA)
 7.11 GE HEALTHCARE (USA)
 7.12 SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS (GERMANY)
 7.13 VITERA HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS (USA)
 7.14 OTHER ACTIVE PLAYERS

Chapter 8: Global Ambulatory HER Market By Region
 8.1 Overview
 8.2. North America Ambulatory HER Market
  8.2.1 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  8.2.2 Top Key Companies
  8.2.3 Historic and Forecasted Market Size by Segments
  8.2.4 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Product Type
  8.2.4.1 Integrated HER
  8.2.4.2 Standalone HER
  8.2.5 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By End User
  8.2.5.1 Hospitals
  8.2.5.2 Physician Offices
  8.2.5.3 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  8.2.5.4 Other
  8.2.6 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Application
  8.2.6.1 Patient Management
  8.2.6.2 Prescription Management
  8.2.6.3 Billing
  8.2.6.4 Coding
  8.2.6.5 Reporting
  8.2.6.6 Analytics
  8.2.6.7 Others
  8.2.7 Historic and Forecast Market Size by Country
  8.2.7.1 US
  8.2.7.2 Canada
  8.2.7.3 Mexico
 8.3. Eastern Europe Ambulatory HER Market
  8.3.1 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  8.3.2 Top Key Companies
  8.3.3 Historic and Forecasted Market Size by Segments
  8.3.4 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Product Type
  8.3.4.1 Integrated HER
  8.3.4.2 Standalone HER
  8.3.5 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By End User
  8.3.5.1 Hospitals
  8.3.5.2 Physician Offices
  8.3.5.3 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  8.3.5.4 Other
  8.3.6 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Application
  8.3.6.1 Patient Management
  8.3.6.2 Prescription Management
  8.3.6.3 Billing
  8.3.6.4 Coding
  8.3.6.5 Reporting
  8.3.6.6 Analytics
  8.3.6.7 Others
  8.3.7 Historic and Forecast Market Size by Country
  8.3.7.1 Bulgaria
  8.3.7.2 The Czech Republic
  8.3.7.3 Hungary
  8.3.7.4 Poland
  8.3.7.5 Romania
  8.3.7.6 Rest of Eastern Europe
 8.4. Western Europe Ambulatory HER Market
  8.4.1 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  8.4.2 Top Key Companies
  8.4.3 Historic and Forecasted Market Size by Segments
  8.4.4 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Product Type
  8.4.4.1 Integrated HER
  8.4.4.2 Standalone HER
  8.4.5 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By End User
  8.4.5.1 Hospitals
  8.4.5.2 Physician Offices
  8.4.5.3 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  8.4.5.4 Other
  8.4.6 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Application
  8.4.6.1 Patient Management
  8.4.6.2 Prescription Management
  8.4.6.3 Billing
  8.4.6.4 Coding
  8.4.6.5 Reporting
  8.4.6.6 Analytics
  8.4.6.7 Others
  8.4.7 Historic and Forecast Market Size by Country
  8.4.7.1 Germany
  8.4.7.2 UK
  8.4.7.3 France
  8.4.7.4 Netherlands
  8.4.7.5 Italy
  8.4.7.6 Russia
  8.4.7.7 Spain
  8.4.7.8 Rest of Western Europe
 8.5. Asia Pacific Ambulatory HER Market
  8.5.1 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  8.5.2 Top Key Companies
  8.5.3 Historic and Forecasted Market Size by Segments
  8.5.4 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Product Type
  8.5.4.1 Integrated HER
  8.5.4.2 Standalone HER
  8.5.5 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By End User
  8.5.5.1 Hospitals
  8.5.5.2 Physician Offices
  8.5.5.3 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  8.5.5.4 Other
  8.5.6 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Application
  8.5.6.1 Patient Management
  8.5.6.2 Prescription Management
  8.5.6.3 Billing
  8.5.6.4 Coding
  8.5.6.5 Reporting
  8.5.6.6 Analytics
  8.5.6.7 Others
  8.5.7 Historic and Forecast Market Size by Country
  8.5.7.1 China
  8.5.7.2 India
  8.5.7.3 Japan
  8.5.7.4 South Korea
  8.5.7.5 Malaysia
  8.5.7.6 Thailand
  8.5.7.7 Vietnam
  8.5.7.8 The Philippines
  8.5.7.9 Australia
  8.5.7.10 New Zealand
  8.5.7.11 Rest of APAC
 8.6. Middle East & Africa Ambulatory HER Market
  8.6.1 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  8.6.2 Top Key Companies
  8.6.3 Historic and Forecasted Market Size by Segments
  8.6.4 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Product Type
  8.6.4.1 Integrated HER
  8.6.4.2 Standalone HER
  8.6.5 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By End User
  8.6.5.1 Hospitals
  8.6.5.2 Physician Offices
  8.6.5.3 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  8.6.5.4 Other
  8.6.6 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Application
  8.6.6.1 Patient Management
  8.6.6.2 Prescription Management
  8.6.6.3 Billing
  8.6.6.4 Coding
  8.6.6.5 Reporting
  8.6.6.6 Analytics
  8.6.6.7 Others
  8.6.7 Historic and Forecast Market Size by Country
  8.6.7.1 Turkey
  8.6.7.2 Bahrain
  8.6.7.3 Kuwait
  8.6.7.4 Saudi Arabia
  8.6.7.5 Qatar
  8.6.7.6 UAE
  8.6.7.7 Israel
  8.6.7.8 South Africa
 8.7. South America Ambulatory HER Market
  8.7.1 Key Market Trends, Growth Factors and Opportunities
  8.7.2 Top Key Companies
  8.7.3 Historic and Forecasted Market Size by Segments
  8.7.4 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Product Type
  8.7.4.1 Integrated HER
  8.7.4.2 Standalone HER
  8.7.5 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By End User
  8.7.5.1 Hospitals
  8.7.5.2 Physician Offices
  8.7.5.3 Ambulatory Surgical Centers
  8.7.5.4 Other
  8.7.6 Historic and Forecasted Market Size By Application
  8.7.6.1 Patient Management
  8.7.6.2 Prescription Management
  8.7.6.3 Billing
  8.7.6.4 Coding
  8.7.6.5 Reporting
  8.7.6.6 Analytics
  8.7.6.7 Others
  8.7.7 Historic and Forecast Market Size by Country
  8.7.7.1 Brazil
  8.7.7.2 Argentina
  8.7.7.3 Rest of SA

Chapter 9 Analyst Viewpoint and Conclusion
9.1 Recommendations and Concluding Analysis
9.2 Potential Market Strategies

Chapter 10 Research Methodology
10.1 Research Process
10.2 Primary Research
10.3 Secondary Research