Yesterday, KLAS announced their “2014 Best in KLAS” awards for the top-performing vendor solutions in medical equipment and infrastructure. The report provides a summary of the KLAS performance rating gathered over the past 12 months for medical equipment and infrastrcture vendors in 23 segments. Each segment includes a listing of vendor products ranked according to their KLAS performance scores, which have been compiled from the feedback of thousands of healthcare providers at physicians offices, clinics, hospitals and IDNs through the U.S. and Canada.
This year, Omnicell earned five awards, and Philips took away four. The breakdown of the top performers and their scores is as follows:
Best in KLAS Awards – Reserved for vendor solutions that lead the imaging and pharmacy automation equipment market segments with the broadest operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations.
Overall Rankings
– OVERALL PHARMACY AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT: Omnicell 85.3
– OVERALL IMAGING EQUIPMENT: Philips 88.9
IMAGING EQUIPMENT
– COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) – 64-SLICE+: Toshiba Aquilion PRIME 93.5
– DIGITAL X-RAY: Shimadzu RADspeed 91.2
– MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) – 3.0T: Philips Ingenia 91.3
– MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) – 1.5T: Philips Ingenia 91.1
– MAMMOGRAPHY – DIGITAL: Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3D Breast Tomosynthesis 95.2
– RADIATION THERAPY: Elekta Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion 92.8
– ULTRASOUND – GENERAL IMAGING: Siemens ACUSON S3000 91.0
– 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 – Reserved for vendor solutions leading in respective market segment(s) that have a more narrow operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations.
IMAGING EQUIPMENT
– CV/IR X-RAY: TOSHIBA Infinix-i 90.8
– 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 (CSM) 90.1
– PHARMACY AUTOMATION: HIGH-VOLUME UNIT DOSE PACKAGING: Omnicell WorkflowRx Packager 80.4
– PHARMACY AUTOMATION: IV ROBOTS: IH Systems RIVA 81.3
– PHARMACY AUTOMATION: MEDICATION CAROUSELS: Omnicell WorkflowRx Carousel 84.6
– PHARMACY AUTOMATION: ROBOTS (ORAL SOLID): Aesynt PROmanager-Rx 80.2
– 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
