Significantly Fewer Hospitals Have Implemented Electronic Health Records Systems Than Previously Estimated, Report Finds (Medical News Today)
Posted in Electronic Health Records by patricia on March 27th, 2009 Significantly Fewer Hospitals Have Implemented Electronic Health Records Systems Than Previously Estimated, Report Finds (Medical News Today)
Just 1.5% of U.S. hospitals have implemented facility-wide comprehensive health care information technology systems and another 8% to 11% of hospitals have at least one unit fitted with basic health IT systems, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the AP/Austin American-Statesman reports.
