Infographic: 2014 EHR Upgrade – Too Much, Too Soon?

There is little over a month left before the required deadline that will require all hospitals and healthcare systems to upgrade their EHR to level one or revised level two criteria or face fines. The infographic below, borrowed from the AHA highlights some of the pain-points that are facing hospital administrators, as well as challenges EHR vendors and programmers are dealing with when it comes to providing an integrative solution to a wide variety of different systems.

2014 EHR Upgrade: Too Much, Too Soon

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Right now there are over 1600 certified EHR products, according to the 2014 list put forth by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Which EHR product(s) is your hospital using?