Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Health Industry Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Brief Description of the Solution
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- A Brief History
- Current Environment
- The NAMCS Survey: The "Gold Standard"
- Figure: Overall EMR Adoption Rates, 2001-2006
- Figure: EMR Adoption Rates by Practice Size, 2006
- Table: EMR Adoption by Region, 2006
- Table: EMR Adoption by Physician Age, Practice Ownership, and Specialty, 2006 (% of Respondents)
- Factors Contributing to Low Adoption Rates
- Figure: Beneficiary of Economic Value of EMR and ePrescribing Adoption
- Figure: U.S. and Europe EMR Adoption by Physicians
- Hospitals Miscast in the Role of "Rich Uncles"
- Figure: Impact of Stark Rule Changes on Hospital Willingness to Assist Voluntary Attending Staff' s Implementation of EMR
- Future Outlook
- Remaining Challenges
- Incentives: Real or Just Campaign Rhetoric?
- Some Payers Are Stepping up to the Plate
- Standards are Slowly Emerging and Will Mature
- Figure: Health Plans Surveyed That Intend to Invest in EMRs, EHRs or PHRs in 2008
- CCHIT Certification Efforts Are Benefiting the Industry
- Vendor Consolidation Can Be Expected; This Will Also Spur Standards Adoption
- Future Adoption Patterns
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Will Spur Adoption of EMR by Small Providers
- Group Cooperatives Will Offer Another Viable Option for Small Practices
- Physician Portals Offered by Hospitals and Other Provider Organizations Will Spur Adoption of Office EMRs
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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