Electronic Health Records: Challenges Around Meeting 2014 Goal »
Posted By csche10420 7 months ago in Health & FitnessAs the push for broader adoption of electronic health records (EHR) is underway, several issues have come up as deterrents to adoption. The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) published a study in its current issue that predicted less than half of small physician practices will adopt EHR by the government target date of 2014 at the current rate of adoption. Barriers cited in new studies, like training and privacy issues, are tied closely to larger concerns like the cost of implementation and setting standards. But the full promise of EHR will not be realized unless these issues are considered in the implementation.
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