Busting the EHR Myths: Why SYaaS Models Are the New Gold Standard

A practitioner perspective by Kem Graham, VP Strategy & Growth, CliniComp.

Kem Graham · VP Strategy & Growth, CliniComp
First published by HIT Consultant · December 2025 · Curated by the HTC editorial desk

The argument

System-as-a-Service EHR models answer the classic objections to EHR replacement: cost overruns, workflow disruption, and poor interoperability. Unified pricing, zero-downtime upgrades, and built-in integration make SYaaS a strong alternative to traditional procurement.

Why we picked it

The HTC editorial desk curates practitioner perspectives that pass a simple test: would a health system executive, product leader, or investor act differently after reading it? This piece by Kem Graham earns its place - it comes from the operating trenches of health it & interoperability, not the conference stage, and it takes a position specific enough to disagree with.

The bigger picture

The data-infrastructure backdrop makes this conversation timely: TEFCA crossed one billion exchanged health records this summer, up from 10 million in under a year (our coverage), while KLAS reports EHR purchasing fell 40% as capital shifts from record systems to the AI and analytics layered on top of them. Interoperability is no longer the constraint - deciding what to do with flowing data is.

Read it alongside our own reporting in Health IT & Interoperability, where the data behind this debate is covered daily on the HTC Wire.

Author & publication credit. This is HealthTech Cube's editorial summary of a guest article written by Kem Graham, VP Strategy & Growth, CliniComp and first published by HIT Consultant (December 2025). The argument and all underlying ideas belong to the author; the full original piece, which we recommend reading, is available at HIT Consultant ↗. This page contains our own summary and commentary, not a reproduction of the original work.