EHR Adoption: Who's in, Who's out, Who Still Needs to Get in the Game

EHR Adoption C001110 11010 Who's in, who's out, and who still needs to get in the game 64% of physicians 85% of adopters About 75% of under age 50 had reported being adopters reported adopted an EHR somewhat or very that they met in 2011 satisfied federal meaningful use crite- 55 Ar ria % of physicians had adopted an EHR in 2011 EHR Medicare Incentive Payments 16% 761 out of 4,855 56,858 out of eligible hospitals 600,172 eligible (16%) were award- professionals (9%) ed EHR incentive AMBULANCE were awarded EHR payments in 2011. incentive pay- The median pay- ments in 2011. ment was $1.7 38% are in general million, and a total practice; 50% in 9% of $1.3 billion was specialty practice. awarded. 67% of hospitals receiving EHR incentives were urban. 33% of hospitals receiving EHR incentives were rural. 20000100 How America feels about EHRS... Only 26% of Americans want digital medical records 40 60 853 % of Americans believe digital records will deliver better care % of Americans had doctors who recorded notes digitally during their last visit of Americans expressed concern about digital medical records "The biggest assurance that patients have regarding electronic medical records is that anytime anybody looks at something or prints some- thing, there is a record of who did it. That was not true of paper charts." - Michael Hobaugh, MD, PhD, to amednews staff What Patients Want that EHRS can provide... or not % said being % said having a 88 84 handed a printed physician spend summary of their visit as they leave most of the visit typing on a the office would computer would make their patient make their patient experience better experience worse Core Measure 13 of the Stage 1 CMS Meaningful Use MU Requirements includes an "after-visit summary that provides a patient with relevant and actionable infor- mation and instructions" for more than 50 percent of all office visits within 3 days. 11100011 00011010100 010100011100010200001l10 SOURCES: "Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems: United States, 2011" from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db98.pdf July 26, 2012, memo from the United States Goernment Accountability Office to Congressional Committees on "Electronic Health Records: Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicare Incentive Payments for 2011"-http://gao.gov/ assets/600/593078.pdf "Only 26 percent of Americans Want Electronic Medical Records, Says Xerox Survey" from the Xerox Newsroom-http:// news.xerox.com/pr/xerox/Xerox-Surveys-Americans-ElectronicHeal th-Records.aspx Dolan, Pamela Lewis. "Patients Worried about Medical Records Going Digital." amednews.com, 20 Aug. 2012. American Medical Association. Web. 21 Aug. 2012. "Innovative Ways to Improve the Patient Experience" from Catalyst Healthcare Research-http:// www.catalysthealthcareresearch.com/whatsreasonable-publicstudy/innovative-ways-to-improve-the-patient-experience "Meaningful Use Overview" and "Eligible Professional Meaningful use Specification Sheets" from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-http://www.ms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/ Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Meaningful_Use.html CIPROMS DESIGNED BY CHARITY SINGLETON, CIPROMS, Inc. 0011 11]. 000r 11 LO0 1010 J0011101 11110