Forty-seven percent of hospital and health system executives lack full confidence in their readiness to meet meaningful use stage 2 standards for electronic health records, finding training and change management efforts to be the biggest challenges, according to a KPMG poll.
The poll was conducted through a webcast by KPMG's Healthcare & Life Sciences Institute. The results reflect responses from more than 140 hospital and health system administrations.
While 47 percent of the healthcare leaders surveyed are only somewhat confidence in their organization's ability to meet stage 2 of meaningful use, 36 percent said they were confident, 4 percent said they were not confident at all and 11 percent said they didn't know their level of readiness.
The survey also asked healthcare executives to identify the biggest challenges in complying with the meaningful use standards:
• Twenty-nine percent cited training and change management.
• Nineteen percent cited a lack of monitoring processes to help ensure sustained demonstration of meaningful use.
• Twelve percent cited a lack of teams dedicated solely to meaningful use.
• Six percent cited the availability of vendors with appropriate certified technology.
The poll also revealed that leaders are exploring new resources to aid implementation and deployment of EHRs. According to the study, 30 percent of respondents said their organization had hired new or additional staff to complete EHR deployment. Another 22 percent said they have secured third-party assistance.
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The poll was conducted through a webcast by KPMG's Healthcare & Life Sciences Institute. The results reflect responses from more than 140 hospital and health system administrations.
While 47 percent of the healthcare leaders surveyed are only somewhat confidence in their organization's ability to meet stage 2 of meaningful use, 36 percent said they were confident, 4 percent said they were not confident at all and 11 percent said they didn't know their level of readiness.
The survey also asked healthcare executives to identify the biggest challenges in complying with the meaningful use standards:
• Twenty-nine percent cited training and change management.
• Nineteen percent cited a lack of monitoring processes to help ensure sustained demonstration of meaningful use.
• Twelve percent cited a lack of teams dedicated solely to meaningful use.
• Six percent cited the availability of vendors with appropriate certified technology.
The poll also revealed that leaders are exploring new resources to aid implementation and deployment of EHRs. According to the study, 30 percent of respondents said their organization had hired new or additional staff to complete EHR deployment. Another 22 percent said they have secured third-party assistance.
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