More than 50% of healthcare providers surveyed by IVANS do not believe the federal stimulus package will successfully encourage health IT adoption.
By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee InformationWeek
Although a majority of healthcare providers remain skeptical about how they’ll benefit by the federal government’s $20 billion stimulus program, many plan to forge ahead anyway, according to a report released this week.
About seven in 10 healthcare providers believe electronic medical records will have a positive impact on their businesses and patient care, but 80% say the lack of money is their biggest obstacle to deploying health IT systems, said the new report by IVANS, a supplier of EDI and network services to the insurance industry.
The nationwide, e-mailed survey of 508 healthcare providers — including hospitals, clinics, private medical practices, nursing homes, home healthcare organizations and medical billing companies — found that while nearly 40% plan to forge ahead with e-medical record deployments within the next 12 months, more than 50% of healthcare providers do not believe the federal stimulus package will successfully encourage health IT adoption. More Here EMR Stimulus Package