Transitioning to a new EHR does not hamper a hospital's bond rating, according to a study published Feb. 20 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
A team of researchers led by Adam Wright, PhD, a senior scientist in the division of general medicine at the Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, analyzed how 32 hospitals' bond ratings and net income from service to patients changed after they implemented a new EHR.
After completing an EHR go-live, seven hospitals had a bond rating downgrade, seven had a bond rating upgrade and 18 had no changes. The study authors concluded there was no difference in the likelihood of bond rating or NISP changes for hospitals following an EHR rollout when compared to their peers that did not recently deploy or switch to a new EHR.
"Most hospitals in our analysis saw no change in bond ratings following EHR go-live, with no significant differences observed between EHR implementation and control hospitals," the study reads. "Implementation of an EHR did not appear to have an impact on bond ratings at the hospitals in our analysis."
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