Ambulatory EMRs May Not Achieve Meaningful Use, Despite High Levels of Confidence

Although nearly 80 percent of ambulatory providers that have purchased an electronic medical record are confident they will qualify for meaningful use in 2011, a closer look at their implemented functionalities reveals most providers still have significant holes to fill, according to a KLAS report.

KLAS researchers conducted interviews with nearly 600 ambulatory providers using 25 different EMR systems. More than two-thirds of the surveyed providers are not sharing medical records electronically with patients, and nearly half have not implemented clinical decision support rules, two key meaningful use requirements.

Read the KLAS news release about ambulatory EMR.

Read other coverage about meaningful use:

– HHS Urges Private Sector to Help Solve Health IT Problems

– ONC Panel Pushes for Greater Transparency in Providers’ Measures for Health Data Security

– Report: PHR Adoption About The Same as in 2006

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