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- http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/leadership/229500050
- Of the 152 hospital CIOs surveyed across North America, Europe, and Australia about their IT budgets and priorities over the next 24 month, 42% said they are increasing IT spending in 2011
- Almost a quarter, 22%, of the CIOs said they plan significant increases to IT spending in 2011, compared to only 14% who planned big increases last year.
- Last year, 22% of healthcare CIOs said they'd slash their IT budgets, but that figure dropped to 17% for 2011
- In an InformationWeek Analytics' healthcare IT priorities
- http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/EMR/229301224
- Survey of 357 U.S. business technology professionals released earlier this year, the top new IT investment for 2011 was also EHR, followed by CPOE, e-prescribing and new computer hardware
- http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/11/20111117a.html
- Over 100,000 primary care providers sign up to adopt certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs) through their Regional Extension Centers (RECs).
- HITECH Act of 2009 created a nationwide network of RECs to provide guidance and resources to make the transition from paper records to certified EHRs.
- One-half committed to certified EHRs are in small group practices. 18% in community health centers, 11% in public hospitals and 21% in undeserved settings (i.e. rural health clinics and practices).
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