Study: EHR adoption held back by multiple issues
A recent study of physician EHR adoption has found that not only price, but also concerns about productivity loss and technical issues are holding back adoption of EHRs within individual physician practices. The study, which was published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, surveyed 1,345 Massachusetts physicians to learn what was holding back EHRs adoption in their practices. One the one hand, the EHR adoption rate for individual physicians in Massachusetts is much higher than the national average, standing at 45 percent vs. the nationwide average of 18 percent. However, that higher-than normal average is driven in large part by the efforts of large systems like Partner HealthCare, CareGroup and Harvard Vanguard to bring their physicians on board. Outside of these systems, physician EHR adoption remains sluggish. Predictably, about 84 percent of physicians surveyed said that start-up financial costs as barriers, but nearly as many (81 percent) were worried about having an EHR introduction undercut their productivity. Others said they were worried about their own lack of computer skills and technical support within their offices.
To get the story on this research:
- read this Health IT World article
Related Article:
EHRs boost quality, raise costs at community clinics. Report
Comments
By Anonymous | Posted 1:42pm | June 2, 2008
It is good to see the issue of productivity finally addressed as the key issue of information technology adoption in the healthcare field. Contrary to the HIMSS adoption model, degree of purchasing of hardware and software is not the main indication of level of adoption within our healthcare institutions. If the use of the equipment is slowing care or negatively impacting workflows, then is adoption truly occurring?
By been there | Posted 9:24pm | August 8, 2008
The topic of this article is very true indeed. Our office and personnel have little IT experience and even less confidence on EMRs with the fear of technology looming over us. We hired a consulting company called AccuStat in SC that works with both EMR companies and hardware in providing everything from install to support and even training. They stayed at our office for almost two weeks to train our staff and make sure we "got it". They also are providing support for our EMR software (since they work with the software companies) and they provide all support for our hardware and network. This way, when our office has any issues, we are only having to call one number and that is a real relief. I am not sure if companies like this are common in this field but we are blessed to have them with us. Companies like these are the answer to EMR adoption because they make sure we don't lose time or money.
By Anonymous | Posted 1:28pm | December 1, 2009
Hey "been there" - I think this is a veiled advertisement by you, the owner of AccuStat EMR.
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