Becker's Healthcare October 30, 2017
Julie Spitzer

Only a few providers (25 percent) strongly agree that their EHR helped position their organization for the new health economy, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.

PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 300 healthcare provider executives working at for-profit, nonprofit and government-owned facilities on their experience implementing and using EHRs.

Here are six report insights.

1. While 31 percent of providers said their organization moved to an EHR as part of a broader business strategy, 69 percent said they did so to meet CMS’ meaningful use requirements.

2. Just 23 percent of providers strongly agree EHRs have helped their organization’s population health and value-based care strategies.

3. Forty-eight percent of respondents feel their EHRs are effective...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HITECH, Market Research
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