Hospitals Ineligible for Federal Meaningful-Use Have Low Rates of EHR Adoption

Hospitals ineligible for federal meaningful-use incentives have less than half the rate of adoption of electronic health record systems compared to eligible hospitals, according to a study published in HealthAffairs.

Researchers used national data to determine adoption rates of EHR systems among all types of inpatient providers that were ineligible for federal meaningful-use incentives: long-term acute-care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals and psychiatric hospitals.

Adoption rates for ineligible hospitals were low compared to the 12 percent of short-term acute-care hospitals with at least a basic EHR system:

•    Six percent of long-term acute care hospitals have an EHR system;
•    Four percent of rehabilitation hospitals have an EHR system;
•    Two percent of psychiatric hospitals have an EHR system.

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