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Digital Divide
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Who will access their PHR? Depends on race, age, income
Personal health records (PHRs) have been touted as a way for patients to improve their healthcare experience and the quality of their patient care. However, a closer look shows that a "digital
Most hospitals would struggle to meet meaningful use now
Unless significant progress has been made in the last year and continues into 2011, few hospitals will achieve "meaningful use" of EHRs and earn Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments, a new study
Study: Hospitals with many poor patients less likely to have EHRs
Hospitals with a disproportionate share of low-income patients are less likely than others to have adopted EHRs--largely due to tight budgets, not surprisingly. They also had lower rates of adoption
Healthcare IT's digital divide
So, apparently IT investment can have measurable clinical results, according to the latest from the Integrated Healthcare Association. I'd imagine part of this effect isn't directly due to IT use.
