Vendors in Healthcare Sector

Vendors in Healthcare Sector
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Vendors in Healthcare Sector
In the healthcare system, a vendor is a person who offers healthcare services which can comprise contractors, suppliers, or both. Notably, vendors can either be individuals or companies contracted by healthcare organizations. One of the significant roles of the vendors is to provide evidence-based information and technology to support clinical decisions. In most cases, the vendors tend to provide clinical-related content that comes in several forms that can be downloaded, is evidence-based or best practice-based. Concerning electronic health record (EHR) implementation, the role of vendors is to fix challenges and problems encountered by implementers of healthcare software (MedScape, n.d.). Their first role is to supply the software to ensure all pe...