A novel new study provides compelling evidence that the design, development and implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) need to be improved to make them easier to use by clinicians and, ultimately, safer for patients.
During the first quarter of 2017, Black Book surveyed 140 chief information officers (CIOs), 159 chief financial officers (CFOs) and 448 hospital managers involved in planning and executing population health initiatives within the next 12 months. Ninety percent of the collective respondents revealed that future population health management (PHM) systems will essentially be projected to perform as next-generation patient accounting systems.
According to market research firm IBISWorld, the average price of electronic medical record (EMR) software is forecast to continue declining at an average annual rate of 0.7 percent through 2019.