Recent News: New Beacon Partners’ EHR Adoption Survey Reveals Many Will Miss First Meaningful Use Requirement Deadline and Also Believe Deadlines Will be Extended

Survey also reveals that most common hurdle to adoption is lack of internal resources

WEYMOUTH, MA, February 24, 2010 -- Executives from 168 healthcare organizations in the U.S. participated this month in a study from healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners, who today revealed the survey results that provide a pulse of where hospitals are in the EHR adoption process.

Overall, the survey revealed that while many healthcare organizations are well into the process of EHR adoption, there are many hurdles to being ready on time in order to achieve and qualify for meaningful use milestones. In fact, 25% of executives did not feel that their healthcare organization would likely fulfill the first meaningful use deadline, and consequently many executives feel that the government will extend meaningful use deadlines.

“Interestingly the study revealed that those healthcare organizations that are getting the highest success rates in terms of customer satisfaction are those in which the physicians are completely engaged and on board with the EHR implementation,” says Ralph P. Fargnoli, Jr., president and CEO of Beacon Partners. “These are the organizations that put emphasis on change management for buy in to their EHR programs from all areas in their organization, and are most likely to achieve success and meaningful use as a result.”

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