Putting Policy Into Practice

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Putting Policy Into Practice

• Information Technology

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Electronic Health Record Currently

• Doctors are using IT but not necessarily for
  reasons directly related to patient care
• 46 have PDA
• 17 have tablet PCs
• One out of 4 practices has someone who uses a
  PDA
• 78 maintain calendar ( secretary)
• 71 Contact information
• 26 Checking medications
• 9 Lab results

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Electronic Health Record diffusion and
acceptance of value?

• 40 use one of the 3 following tools
• E-prescribing 16
• E-health record 30
• Remote disease monitoring 7 ( diabetes, heart)
• Barriers
• Cost
• Implementation hassles time work flow
• Reimbursement
• Patient-doctor relationship negative perceptions
• Technology incompatibiities

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Electronic Health Record diffusion and
acceptance of value?

• Whats working?
• 58 Increased efficiencies
• 87 better care
• 78 patient satisfaction enhanced
• 74 saved their practice money

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What is the role of government?

• Barriers
• Opportunities
• Economic engines
• Funding streams in IT
• Diffusion of best practices
• Crosscutting innovation with private sector

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Implications

• In the states

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World Congress plans Governor and State Summit

• Technology Innovations In Health Care
• March 2005

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