A decade post-HITECH: Critical access hospitals have electronic health records but struggle to keep up with other advanced functions

ConclusionsThe advanced use divide prevents CAH patients from benefitting from a fully digitized healthcare system. To close the widening gap in CDA, policymakers should consider partnering with vendors to develop implementation guides and standards for functions like dashboards and high-risk patient identification algorithms to better support CAH adoption.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research