Most hospitals are utilizing the certified EHR technology, but certain types of hospitals still lag behind in EHR adoption and use.
Certified EHR technology is in place at most hospitals with basic EHR technology adoption also reaching an all-time high, in accordance to new data issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
The latest data brief made present on the HealthIT.gov Dashboard puts the percentage of hospitals with CEHRT at 96% in the year 2015, down nearly a full percentage point from 2014's figure of 96.9%. Hospital adoption of basic EHR technology, meanwhile, rose from 75.5 percent in 2014 to 83.8 percent in 2015. All told, since 2008 hospital adoption of the latter rose by nearly nine times, from 9.4 percent to the current figure.
Leading the way in adoption were Maryland (95%), Nevada (94%), Washington (94%), Wyoming (94%), Massachusetts (93%), Virginia (93%), Utah (93%), Arkansas (90%), and New Mexico (90%).
This ONC data once again needs clarification as to the different between the types of EHR technology. A handy chart accompanying the data brief shows how basic EHR with clinician notes stacks up to comprehensive EHR. Other than supporting advanced directions, the former does everything the latter does for electronic clinical information.
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