Abstract
There has been much activity on many fronts in this past year with respect to
the increased adoption of ambulatory EMRs, as evidenced by numerous surveys,
but the point of inflection has yet to be reached. This report highlights and
examines the implications of some of these key activities and policy
initiatives and analyzes some recent benchmark data and new product
introductions to assess its success to date, identify key impediments retarding
progress and potential catalysts to accelerate adoption. Health Industry
Insights expects progress to continue strongly but unevenly across the industry.
"While we believe the recent efforts to upgrade the state of HIT here in the
U.S. should be viewed with guarded optimism, we emphasize guarded. While the
recent introduction of several SaaS-based EMR products represent one potential
catalyst, absent a dramatic shift in federal HIT funding policies, the rate of
progress towards the President' s 2014 goal will likely continue to proceed at
its current glacial pace", said Marc Holland, Program Director for Provider IT
Research.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Health Industry Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Brief Description of the Solution
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- A Brief History
- Current Environment
- The NAMCS Survey: The "Gold Standard"
- Figure: Overall EMR Adoption Rates, 2001-2006
- Figure: EMR Adoption Rates by Practice Size, 2006
- Table: EMR Adoption by Region, 2006
- Table: EMR Adoption by Physician Age, Practice Ownership, and Specialty, 2006 (% of Respondents)
- Factors Contributing to Low Adoption Rates
- Figure: Beneficiary of Economic Value of EMR and ePrescribing Adoption
- Figure: U.S. and Europe EMR Adoption by Physicians
- Hospitals Miscast in the Role of "Rich Uncles"
- Figure: Impact of Stark Rule Changes on Hospital Willingness to Assist Voluntary Attending Staff' s Implementation of EMR
- Future Outlook
- Remaining Challenges
- Incentives: Real or Just Campaign Rhetoric?
- Some Payers Are Stepping up to the Plate
- Standards are Slowly Emerging and Will Mature
- Figure: Health Plans Surveyed That Intend to Invest in EMRs, EHRs or PHRs in 2008
- CCHIT Certification Efforts Are Benefiting the Industry
- Vendor Consolidation Can Be Expected; This Will Also Spur Standards Adoption
- Future Adoption Patterns
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Will Spur Adoption of EMR by Small Providers
- Group Cooperatives Will Offer Another Viable Option for Small Practices
- Physician Portals Offered by Hospitals and Other Provider Organizations Will Spur Adoption of Office EMRs
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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