What Impact Does the Economic Stimulus Have on Your Organization?
While more than one-third of home health care and nursing home organizations said they expect the government's economic stimulus package to increase use of information technology, another 52% said the stimulus package will have little or no impact on their businesses, according to a recent survey by IVANS Inc.
Nearly 70% of home health care and nursing home organizations said that electronic health records (EHRs) will have a positive impact on their businesses, and 56% of respondents have begun or plan to implement EHRs within the next year. Other key technology priorities for long-term care facilities include implementation of wireless networks, solutions to provide electronic documentation at point of care and business continuity planning, the survey shows.
However, more than 70% of respondents said they have no plans to participate in a Health Information Exchange (HIE). Experience with failed efforts in the past, lack of an immediate driver to move forward, and no standards were all noted as barriers to implementation of HIEs.
IVANS' survey is part of a series of initiatives to address the technology issues surrounding health care reform and how providers are responding.
How are you responding? What technology initiatives is your organization undertaking?