I have a few comments on this topic....from personal experience for the most part...many don't want to deal with it and the changes it requires on how an office or hospital does business...those who have put off introducing any type of new technology have it the worst...if you have a good health care IT person as your disposal...use them! There's a new specialty arising from health care and that is the IT health care specialist...one that handles and communicates with health care in a way different from the standard business of IT...as health care has many specific needs and concerns that are not always addressed by general IT staff members and consultants....and the needs go way beyond just electronic records...BD
A shortage of health IT personnel is hindering widespread adoption of electronic health records, mainly because job classifications for health IT professionals have not been clearly established, a federal working group on EHRs said Tuesday, Technology Daily reports.
The working group's conclusion sparked HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt to ask the American Health Information Community to identify job classifications and the credentials required for those classifications within the next 364 days. Leavitt said the health IT work force shortfall was a problem six or seven years ago and remains an issue.
Health IT Personnel Shortage Hampers EHR Adoption - iHealthBeat
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