Why EHR? Survey Answers.
According to the Medical Records Institute and Health Data Management there are positive trends in the future for EHR adoption. In a study recently released by the two organizations, the top reasons cited for adopting EHRs include:
Efficiency and convenience (82%)
Increased revenue/lower costs (60%)
Patient/physician satisfaction (52.6%)
Half of all physicians are currently, or plan to within a year, allow remote access to the EHR
About a third have drug reference guides and clinical guides in their EHR
Less than 20% plan to integrate RFID technology into their EHR
Less than 10% provide the EHR generated progress note to their patients
Posted by Shawn Whalen on September 12, 2006 at 4:06 PM
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