'2014 Best in KLAS' vendors named
Medical Equipment and Infrastructure report spotlights top winners
Not all medical infrastructure and equipment is created equal, as healthcare providers can attest. This year, after analyzing feedback from thousands of providers, KLAS officials have named the 2014 highest performing vendors across 23 different categories.
The 2014 Best in KLAS: Medical Equipment and Infrastructure report highlights vendor solutions that ultimately excel in their category against their competitors' products, officials say.
The top performers this year were Omnicell, which walked away with five awards, and Philips, which earned four. Many of this year's top performers continued winning streaks from last year.
"This is a tremendous achievement because each of the top performers earned this recognition through the voice of their provider customers," said Matt Terry, vice president of medical equipment and imaging research for KLAS, in a July 29 statement. "Given that vendors must concern themselves with the complexities of a dynamic healthcare market and operational challenges, it is remarkable to see so many undeviating from their focus on helping providers succeed."
Overall rankings
Best in KLAS Awards: These awards are given to vendors whose products excel in imaging and pharmacy automation equipment market segments and have both broad operational and clinical impacts on healthcare organizations.
Overall pharmacy automation equipment: Omnicell 85.3
Overall imaging equipment: Philips 88.9
Imaging Equipment
- Computed tomography – 64-slice+: Toshiba Aquilion PRIME 93.5. This year, Toshiba beat out the 2013 winner, Philips Ingenuity CT 128.
- Digital X-ray: Shimadzu RADspeed 91.2. Last year was Carestream DRX-Evolution.
- Magnetic resonance – 3.0T: Just like last year, Philips Ingenia 91.3 took the highest honor.
- Magnetic resonance – 1.5T: Philips Ingenia 91.1
- Mammography – Digital: Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3D Breast Tomosynthesis 95.2, which also earned top honor the year before.
- Radiation Therapy: Elekta Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion 92.8
- ULTRASOUND – GENERAL IMAGING: Siemens ACUSON S3000 91.0. Last year was Toshiba Aplio 500.
- Ultrasound – Cardiovascular: Philips iE33 88.5
Pharmacy automation equipment
- Automated medication dispensing units: Omnicell OmniRx 87.3
- Smart Pumps – LVP: Baxter Healthcare SIGMA Spectrum 83.2
KLAS Category Leader Awards: These, KLAS officials note, are specifically awarded to vendors whose products excel in their market segment, solutions that have a more narrow operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations.
Imaging Equipment
- CV/IR X-ray: Toshiba Infinix-i90.8
- Digital X-ray – mobile: Shimadzu Mobile DaRt Evolution Wireless 91.3
Pharmacy Automation Equipment
- Anesthesia cabinets: Omnicell Anesthesia Workstation 87.1
- Controlled substance management systems: Omnicell Controlled Substance Management 90.1
- Pharmacy Automation – high-volume unit dose packaging: Omnicell WorkflowRx Packager 80.4
- Pharmacy automation: IV Robots: IH SystemsRIVA 81.3
- Pharmacy automation – medication carousels: Omnicell WorkflowRx Carousel 84.
- Pharmacy automation – robots (Oral Solid): Aesynt PROmanager-Rx80.2
- Smart pumps – PCA: CareFusion Alaris PCA module TIED WITH Hospira LifeCare PCA at 83.5
- Smart pumps – syringe: CareFusion Alaris Syringe module 82.3
Infrastructure
- Wireless communications: Vocera Badges 86.9
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