Electronic health records are among the top 10 technologies that health care executives should pay close attention to this year, according to a new report from research firm ECRI Institute, Healthcare IT News reports.
The report — titled, “Top 10 C-Suite Watch List: Hospital Technology Issues for 2012” — aims to help health care executives prioritize their efforts to implement and improve health care technologies (Manos, Healthcare IT News, 1/3).
Robert Bense, a clinical manager at ECRI Institute, said, “The price tag for these technologies is going up, and the real question and one of the points we needed to make with this list is that hospitals need to be very selective about where they spend their money.” He added, “They don’t have the option to buy it all as they may have done many years ago” (Lee, Modern Healthcare, 1/2).
In its discussion of EHRs, the report notes that medical device integration and the federal meaningful use program “ultimately aim to improve health care and patient safety. Successful deployment should not only ensure reimbursement, but also enhance patient safety and quality of care, facilitate nursing workflow and increase physician and nursing satisfaction” (Pearson, CMIO, 1/5).
Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHRs can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments.
Jeffrey Lerner, president and CEO of ECRI Institute, said this year’s top 10 list of health care technologies focused on the “ongoing impacts of health care reform initiatives and new technology developments that emphasize patient-centered care” (Healthcare IT News, 1/3).
Source: iHealthBeat
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