How to Overcome the Hidden Barrier to EHR Adoption & Meaningful Use
With government mandates, financial incentives, and the looming realities of ICD-10 and accountable care (ACOs), there is increasing pressure on clinical practices to achieve Meaningful Use of electronic records (EHRs).
Although some have made the transition relatively smoothly, many have struggled with implementation delays, productivity slowdowns, unexpected costs, and marginal outcomes. Clearly there’s a big difference between simply investing in an EHR system and gaining real benefits from the technology.
What Makes the Difference?
It goes without saying that the right system needs to be selected, and that adequate training and support needs to be provided. But if that’s all that’s needed, then practices having systems from the same vendor and getting the same level of training and support from the same consultants should experience the same results… correct?
Unfortunately that frequently isn’t the case.
The fact is, there’s more to a successful EHR implementation than simply investing in the right technology. There’s more to it than just taking advantage of training programs, consultants and technical support.
Something else is needed — and the presence or absence of this essential third factor is what frequently makes the difference between practices that reap the full benefits from their systems and practices that don’t.
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