Welcome to the Future
- 1/5/2010
- Author: Audrie Bretl Roelf
- Category: Benchmark Blog
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Welcome to 2010. Another year brings a new set of challenges and adventures. And with those challenges comes electronic health record (EHR) reform. It reminds me of playing hide-and-seek as a child, ready or not, here they come. And some organizations report they aren’t yet ready.
A small survey of 58 various-sized hospitals conducted by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Falls Church, VA, reportedly shows they are not ready for meaningful use of EHR requirements.
Two-thirds of surveyed hospitals identified gaps in their current systems to meet meaningful use requirements but only one-quarter met at least 70% of the readiness criteria within the survey. Hospitals generally had the highest scores for privacy and security and the lowest for use of required EHR capabilities.
Fifty-four percent of surveyed hospitals have the latest version of their EHR software, which CSC suggests indicates upgrading to meet meaningful use requirements might be required. While 89% of respondents report on core quality measures, only half capture most required data from their EHR.
Full survey results are available here.
Is your organization ready? If not, what are you doing to prepare?
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