A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In US Hospitals
A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In US Hospitals
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0502
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发表时间：
2010-10-01
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Joshi, Maulik S.
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作者：
Jha, Ashish K.;DesRoches, Catherine M.;Joshi, Maulik S.
鉴于大量的联邦财政激励措施很快将提供给那些“有意义地使用”电子健康记录的提供者，跟踪这种医疗保健技术转换的进展是一项政策优先事项。通过最近对美国医院的调查，我们发现采用基本或全面电子记录的医院比例略有上升，从2008年的8.7%上升到2009年的11.9%。小型、公立和农村医院比大型、私立和城市医院更不可能接受电子记录。只有2%的美国医院报告说，他们拥有的电子健康记录符合联邦政府的“有意义的使用”标准。这些发现强调了一个事实，即向数字医疗系统的过渡可能是一个漫长的过程。
Given the substantial federal financial incentives soon to be available to providers who make "meaningful use" of electronic health records, tracking the progress of this health care technology conversion is a policy priority. Using a recent survey of U.S. hospitals, we found that the share of hospitals that had adopted either basic or comprehensive electronic records has risen modestly, from 8.7 percent in 2008 to 11.9 percent in 2009. Small, public, and rural hospitals were less likely to embrace electronic records than their larger, private, and urban counterparts. Only 2 percent of U.S. hospitals reported having electronic health records that would allow them to meet the federal government's "meaningful use" criteria. These findings underscore the fact that the transition to a digital health care system is likely to be a long one.