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Why aren’t more EHR’s connected to Hospitals?

A recent iHealthBeat article summarizes the problem as “For hospitals subsidizing physician office electronic health records (EHRs), the stakes are high and failure is not uncommon.

Health Information Report from National Governers Association

The National Governors Association has released a report called “Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Exchange to Improve Care.”

Peter Kuhn's Thought Leader Article "Patient Portals" Appears in October's Health Management Technology

According to the Deloitte 2008 Survey of Health Care Consumers, over 70 percent of consumers want their hospital to provide online access to an integrated view of their medical information, including test results, doctor visits and hospital stays. Yet the percentage of hospitals that have deployed a true patient portal is still in the single digits.

What do Patients Want?

The Commonwealth Fund has released the results of its 2008 Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health Care System, conducted by Harris Interactive. According to a telephone survey of 1,004 random U.S. adults, 80 percent of respondents believe that the healthcare system needs either fundamental change or complete rebuilding.