A recent study conducted on the EMR implementation rate in U.S. hospitals reveals the most current information on the U.S. hospital’s electronic medical record systems adoption process and the plans and strategies for the near future.
The survey was sponsored by the Optum Institute for Sustainable Health (the Optum Institute) as part of their goals to increase the quality and service of health care systems. They examined 301 U.S. hospitals and their state of progress in moving towards electronic and digital medical care, their current use of health information technology, and their plans for expansion.
What they found was that almost nine out of ten hospitals or 87 percent are currently using EMR software and systems. This is significantly higher than what they found in 2011. Additional, seventy percent reported that they have met the meaningful use criteria and seventy five percent reports that they plan to meet meaningful use criteria 2 by 2014.
According to an article published in Enhanced Online News, Simon Stevens, chairman of the Optum Institute reports that while hospitals are achieving the EHR meaningful use criteria, “most U.S. hospitals are still some way off from being fully ready to play their part in managing population health and its related financial risk”.
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