Becker's Healthcare April 17, 2019
Most hospitals, 95 percent, have adopted an EHR, but system data is used differently by hospitals depending on their chosen vendor, according to an ONC analysis.
The report uses data from the American Hospital Association’s Information Technology Survey to analyze EHR data use trends among nonfederal acute care hospitals in 2017. Data from hospitals with the following EHR vendors was used: Allscripts, Cerner, CPSI, Epic, McKesson, MediTech, MedHost and other.
Five survey insights:
1. Epic, MediTech and Cerner were the vendors with the highest use of data to inform clinical practice.
2. Supporting quality improvement was the highest-used aspect of EHR data for hospitals with select EHRs. Eighty-nine percent of respondents with Cerner said they use EHR data...
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