Hospital Staff More Important than Electronic Medical Records? Uh, yes.
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I caught this li’l poll via the Boston Business Journal:
The issue of doctor and nurse retention will be the most pressing concern for hospitals during the next 12 months, according to a poll from Picis Inc.
Wakefield, Mass.-based Picis, which provides information systems that enable the delivery of clinical, financial and operational results in the acute areas of hospitals, surveyed 300 doctors, nurses and hospital administrators for the poll.
Recruiting and retention of doctors and nurses ranked as a larger concern than both the economy and Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement cuts, according to the poll.
The second biggest concern was the rollout of electronic health records.
Nearly 90 percent of poll respondents think that electronic health records are going to revolutionize the health care system but the majority predict it will at least 10 years before they are used in the majority of U.S. hospitals.
Does this mean you shouldn’t worry about training your staff on the latest EMR products, but wait 10 years, until most of them have retired, and then train the next crop of residents?
I love polls.
Off for vacation. See you after Labor Day.