Even the most robust technology itself cannot improve healthcare outcomes, as Vanderbilt University Medical Center discovered on its way to lowering Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates – saving money and pateint’s lives.
For the nation's hospitals, information requirements of the federal government's imminent reimbursement reform initiative called value-based purchasing are starting out easy. Deceptively easy.
It's now or never for regional extension centers, who are picking EHRs, amassing personnel and prepping for what could be big paydays for providers"”and themselves.
The federal government is zeroing in on the need for usability standards as an essential step for accelerating health IT adoption and ensuring the safety of health IT systems.