Connected Care Watch October 6, 2017
The rapid adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems by hospitals and private practices over the past decade has been fueled primarily by federal legislation, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Michigan and Harvard conclude that “recent gains in EHR adoption can be attributed specifically to HITECH,” the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 designed to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.
So successful has HITECH been in driving EHR adoption, the researchers write in the online medical journal Health Affairs, “the act could serve as a model for ways to drive the adoption of other valuable technologies.”
There has been considerable debate about the role HITECH...
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