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What are the major barriers to physician IT adoption? Community hospitals with few employed physicians on staff seem to think that their rivals who do employ physicians have a big advantage.... Read more...

I doubt anyone reading FierceHealthIT objects to the idea of federal subsidies for EMR adoption. After all, if legislators want to see broad EMR use, offering grants, loans or expanded tax advantages for EMR …

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Pretty much everyone seems to agree that boosting EMR adoption among medical practices would be a good thing. The question is, who will drive the train? My feeling is that while most of the major stakeholders have something to gain, only the health …

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In the old days, community hospitals had small rooms, bleak decor and twisty, hard-to-navigate hallways. But this time around, the planners behind Kentucky's Norton Brownsboro hospital are rethinking traditional hospital designs. After visiting other facilities, consulting with architects and collecting focus-group feedback, they decided to build a bigger, brighter and friendlier facility that meets the demands of today's retail-oriented patients. When the $146 million, 127-bed facility …

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