, hospitals will have to accelerate adoption of EHRs above the current pace to participate in meaningful use. …This article found that more than 15 percent of U.S. hospitals have adopted at least a basic electronic health record … (EHR), representing nearly 75 percent growth since 2008. Approximately two-thirds plan to apply for meaningful use before …

Hospitals have greater administrative control over the actions and resources of physicians they employ, enabling the …

controlling health care costs. Compared to other hospitals, high-price hospitals tend to be larger, be major teaching hospitals … sources. However, quality indicators for high-price hospitals were mixed. Although these hospitals fared better than other … hospitals on U.S. News & World Report rankings, which are largely based on reputation, they generally scored worse on objective …

Hospitals have greater administrative control over the actions and resources of physicians they employ, enabling the …

This article cite progress on the adoption of health information technology (HIT) that meets Medicare’s criteria for … “meaningful use.†Through an analysis of Medicare data, the study found a substantial increase in the percentage of … hospitals receiving electronic health record incentive payments between 2011 (17.4 percent) and 2012 (36.8 percent). However …

The national effort to promote the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) is well under way …. However, 2014 marks an important transition: For many hospitals, penalties will be assessed in fiscal year 2015 for failing to … meet federal meaningful-use criteria by the end of fiscal year 2014. …