http://healthcareitstrategy.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:33:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/b5b0fdce277be00e1c6ff83bd635d2c0?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://healthcareitstrategy.com http://healthcareitstrategy.com/2009/06/24/is-ehr-as-difficult-as-everyone-says-it-is/ http://healthcareitstrategy.com/2009/06/24/is-ehr-as-difficult-as-everyone-says-it-is/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:25:40 +0000 Paul Roemer http://ehrstrategy.wordpress.com/?p=5 ]]> Yes, and then some.  EHR is at the beginning of a national rollout .
• Studies suggest that 200,000 healthcare IT professionals are needed for EHR. The total number it healthcare IT professionals today is 100,000
• It’s not known which EHRs qualify for incentives under ARRA
• Less than 8% of non-VA hospitals have EHR in even a single department (this does not mean these pass meaningful use test)
• Only 1.5% have them in all departments
• Studies state that 1/3 to 2/3’s of implementations fail
• Implementation by small practices has been almost non-existent
• Small and individual practices will need a full service “wrap around” solution encompassing the following services:
o Project management
o Selection
o Implementation
o Adapting work flows
o Training
o Support
• Major reasons for not doing EHR are
o Up-front costs
o Lack of IT skills
o Ongoing support costs
• Hospitals and large providers usually use their own IT departments for EHR, none of which has ever implemented EHR. Hence for the most important project undertaken by a provider, they elect to do it with people with no experience, relying on the vendor
• Where will the EHR vendors find the IT expertise and project management resources to staff a national roll out?

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