More than half of US hospitals have at least a basic EHR, but stage 2 criteria remain challenging for most

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1664-1671

  Adler Milstein, Julia ^a   DesRoches, Catherine M ^b   Furukawa, Michael F ^c   Worzala, Chantal ^d   Charles, Dustin ^e   Kralovec, Peter ^f   Stalley, Samantha ^b   Jha, Ashish K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d American Hospital Association in Washington   (United States)

^e ONC   (United States)

^f Mathematica Policy Research ^*  (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; UTILIZATION;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEANINGFUL USE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907045000     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0453     Document Type: Article

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