A pair of new reports from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology deserve your click-throughs.
Two surveys conducted with the help of the American Hospital Association show strong growth in overall electronic health-record adoption and substantial increases in literally dozens of key EHR functions. The reports cover the years 2008 through 2012.
The first report (PDF) focuses on growth in the percentages of EHR acquisition and adoption. It provides a state-by-state comparison of hospital “basic” EHR adoption rates. Some 14 states have achieved rates of 90% or higher, including Vermont and New Hampshire with 100%.
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Where's Epic?
In his keynote address Tuesday, cardiologist and healthcare information technology futurist Dr. Eric Topol asked that question.
The context was a much-ballyhooed consortium of five health IT vendors announced Monday at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in New Orleans.
They joined hands to launch a not-for-profit consortium called the CommonWell Health Alliance, with the stated aim of improving health information interoperability. The founding members of the consortium are Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Athenahealth, Cerner Corp., Greenway Medical Technologies, and McKesson Corp., along with its connectivity unit RelayHealth. At the launch, the founders said the consortium is open to everyone.
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