88 percent of healthcare execs credit HIT with making better care

Healthcare executives overwhelmingly observe health IT as having a positive effect on their agencies, with 88% demonstrating that the technology is assisting them to give better quality of care.

That is among the conclusions of a latest online poll of 164 healthcare executives at agencies with revenue between the $25 million and $1 billion that was done by Harris on behalf of economical holding company CIT Group Inc.

As the industry transitions to pay-for-value payment models in which compensation is deployed on sufferer results, 72% of executives also consider that they are “on track” when it comes to evaluating how to best measure results, with near unanimity that technology, information and quality of care will all play a crucial and growing role in that measurement.

When it comes to health IT contribution, 70% of healthcare executives stated their agencies have turned to an electronic health record (EHR) system. And among those who have an EHR, 56% of executives claimed that they have contributed about what they hoped for their system compared to original price and budget hopes.

“In general, the transformation to an EHR network has been smooth and on track economically, and any hurdles with implementation have been relatively unusual, primarily engaging personnel (such as convenience, training or ease),” claims the report.

Although, interoperability and the capability to interact outside of their respective networks sustains a work in progress, in accordance to the poll. Most executives with presently limited communication demonstrated that they would like to deal the issue, with 70% considering making a greater contribution in IT investment so that their EHR can interact with contributors within and outside their network.

At the similar time, among those executives who have an EHR system that interacts with other organizations, 67% were at least somewhat concerned about the security of the health data being exchanged.

And, as their agencies move to patient-centered healthcare, while 80% of surveyed executives agreed that customers should be utilizing technology to check their healthcare requirements, 88% cite security as a clear concern that must be dealt.