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Key Trends
UNTAPPED MARKET
CURRICULUM
• 37% of nurse educators not currently
using an EHR in nursing program.
• 41% of DocuCare users say EHR core to
curriculum. 40% plan to make it core.
• 34% of nonusers consider core. 38%
plan to make core.(2)
• Overcome objections and win new
market share.
• Growth in demand for curriculum
materials needed for educators.
• Opportunity to provide curriculum
materials for new coursework.
Description
Implications / Opportunity
• Increased demand for nurse
“informatists”. Salaries higher for
those who have earned cert. fr Amer
Nurses Credentials Ctr or HIMSS. (6)
• Increased demand for nursing
informatics coursework.
• New market – upper level nursing
courses.
TRANSITION TO
PRACTICE /
INFORMATICS
TRUE TO REAL WORLD
PRACTICE
• In order to successfully prepare nursing
students for transition to practice,
AEHR needs to simulate real world
practice.
• As real world EHRs adapt to regulatory
requirements and patient safety
standards, DocuCare will need to
adapt to become leading AEHR.
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