EHRs Don’t Save Hospitals Money

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

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New Harvard study debunks some myths.

Everybody’s talking up the financial benefits of electronic health records these days, and CMS’s new proposed regs on ARRA incentive payments to hospitals and providers who adopt EHR technology assumes that quality of care and EHRs go hand in hand. Federal News Radio calls adoption of EHR the “holy grail” for health care providers.

New Harvard study debunks some myths. Everybody’s talking up the financial benefits of electronic health records these days, and CMS’s new proposed regs on ARRA incentive payments to hospitals and providers who adopt EHR technology assumes that quality of care and EHRs go hand in hand. Federal News Radio calls adoption of EHR the “holy grail” for health care providers.

We reported on a study released back in November finding that adoption of EHRs doesn’t improve quality of care. Now, in an article…

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