Health IT Analytics March 25, 2015
Whatever its shortfalls, there is no denying that the EHR Incentive Programs have created an enormous market for healthcare information technology that would likely be lacking if the HITECH Act was never passed. EHR adoption has reached nearly every eligible hospital in the nation, and continues to spread among physicians at a slow but steady pace, making data-driven infrastructure an absolute must-have for patient care, not to mention participation in value-based purchasing and population health management.
But the technology hasn’t delivered on all of its promises, and providers continually complain that they have been left in the lurch. Poor usability, plummeting productivity, and frustrating data siloes have left many providers feeling like the victims of a mugging – but emerging...
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