Friday, October 29, 2010

Study Finds Health IT Adoption Growing

A new study released by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) shows that up to 50% of healthcare provides have either adopted electronic health records are are partially using them.

The study, which included 300 US healthcare providers, found that 34% are now using a "comprehensive" electronic health record system and 16% say they are using a "partial" system.

About 29% said they are evaluating their options, while another 20% indicated they have not yet looked at the issue.

Of those who have adopted EHRs, 59% said they were completely or mostly satisfied with their EHR and 36% indicated they were partly satisfied or partly dissatisfied.  The survey would seem to indicate dentists are the most satisfied  user of EHRs (70%) compared to medical doctors (57% satisfied).

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