EMR & Healthcare Innovation

About three quarters of adopters reported that using their EMR system resulted in enhanced patient care.

Since its inception, Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record

payments are approaching

85% of the physicians who have adopted an EMR system reported

being somewhat (47%) or very (38%) satisfied with their system

Three-fourths of physicians who have adopted an EMR system reported that their system meets federal “meaningful use” criteria

The estimated drop in productivity when providers aren’t using EMRs tailored to the workflow in their line of service

of patients are willing to go online to view their medical records

of hospitals are scanning all patient records

of hospitals are utilizing full time employees for scanning patient records

of hospitals expect to hold on to their paper records

of healthcare providers expect to use paper and electronic records for patient care for the next 1-3 years

Nearly one-half of physicians currently without an EMR system

plan to purchase or use one already purchased within the next year

PAPER vs EMR

THE FACTS

Each patient visit requires approximately 10-13 pieces of paper, a large percentage of physicians see 50-99 patients a week

Each physician accumulates around 975 new pages of paperwork each week

Primary care physicians only spend 30-40 hours in direct patient care because of heavy paperwork and

administration duties

Nurses using EMRs have seen reductions in documentation time by up to 45%

Outpatient facilities that adopt and use an EMR over 15 years could have

a net savings of $142 billion

Inpatient settings that adopt and use EMR over the same time period

experience net savings of $371 billion

Sources:http://hitconsultant.net/2012/10/30/80-mind-blowing-emr-and-meaningful-

use-statistics-trends/

http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/03/11/714316/10124263/en/El

ectronic-Health-Records-EHR-Market-is-expected-to-grow-at-a-CAGR-of-6-4

-from-2014-to-2020-to-reach-an-estimated-value-of-USD-23-98-billion-in-2

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The U.S. federal government allocated

with the intent to encourage EMR adoption across the nation as part of the Health

Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act .

Surveys suggest at least one-third of physicians are dissatisfied with their current EMR, and more than half would not recommend their

current EMR to colleagues