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Physician IT adoption varies by specialty
While practice size and setting still have the biggest influence on medical groups' adoption of clinical IT, there are marked differences between specialties as well, according to a new study by the
E-prescribing apps still dogged by problems
Despite a great deal of happy talk by regulators, legislators and vendors, doctors are still not that enthusiastic about e-prescribing. According to one study by the Center for Studying Health System Change, most doctors who switch to e-prescribing wouldn't go back to paper prescribing. But getting there is difficult, observers say. Rolling out e-prescribing technology is still costly and difficult. To date, few if any e-prescribing applications have proven simple to install, researchers …
Study: Docs have trouble with e-prescribing
E-prescribing is all the rage in government circles, with state governors , in particular, waxing rhapsodic over its benefits. But it seems that physicians aren't as comfortable with the concept as policymakers are. A new study published in Health Affairs has found that physicians who adopt e-prescribing technology have trouble with its advanced features, and what's more, aren't even sure …
Smaller practices still behind in IT adoption
A new report suggests that groups of nine or less physicians are still way behind larger groups when it comes to adopting clinical information technology. In some cases, in fact, the gap between large and small groups is growing, according to new research by the Center for Studying Health System Change. From 2000 to 2005, far more large practices than small practices adopted technology for accessing patient notes, generating preventive care reminders and writing prescriptions. For …
