The poll gathered responses from approximately 2,000 physicians.
Patient engagement was an often-cited reason for physicians choosing to forgo meaningful use attestation.
One cardiologist said, “I did stage 1 in years one and two, but it’s almost impossible to do stage 2. It requires patients to have emails and engage in my EHR. Well, I have a lot of patients in their 80s and 90s, and they don’t have computers, let alone email,” according to the report.
Other physicians indicated the lack of workflow usability and excessive time consumption as a reason to not attest, according to the report.
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