Majority of executives report positive outcomes from EHR use

About 88% of executives of heath care organizations reported that use of an electronic health record system resulted in a positive outcome, according to a survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, or HIMSS."Based on the feedback of 52 executives representing an exclusive cohort of health care organizations, the findings from the 2016 HIMSS Value of Health IT Survey paint a generally positive picture surrounding the perceived value derived from employing an electronic (EHR) system," HIMSS wrote in the executive summary. "By leveraging the HIMSS STEPS model to (Read more...)

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