- Doctors do not know where to begin
- Absence of incentives
- High costs of implementation and maintenance
- Uncertain beneficiaries of the return on HIT-EHR investment – i.e. providers incur the acquisition costs of equipment and training, while plans receive the financial benefits of reduced lab tests and lengths of stay
- Transition to HIT-EHR system presents numerous challenges:
time and cost of personnel training, uneven financial rewards, equipment costs, and lack of technical computer expertise - Poorly integrated into cost and reimbursement models
- Privacy and security concerns
Oct 7, 2010
Barriers to EHR implementation
