Archive for December, 2009

Research Explains Why EHRs Won’t Achieve “Meaningful Use”

A new landmark study on EHRs was published this week, and its implications for widespread physician adoption of traditional (“legacy”) EHR technology—particularly by high-performance specialists—are dismal. Published on December 14 in the well-respected Milbank Quarterly, the study represents the most [...]

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Finally Talking About What Matters!

Finally, the EHR conversation has shifted to the products. Questions about the efficacy of EHRs are not new, but the stimulus legislation diverted attention from the technology to the EHR incentives. Initially, the discussion was about CCHIT certification, and then [...]

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RFP: Relevant For Productivity?

Identifying the right EHR for a practice has always been difficult—there are so many choices; there is no objective information about competing products; you have to rely on vendor-identified references; and there is an abundance of misinformation about what is [...]

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