Physician Research Module from Manhattan Research

THE DIGITAL PRACTICE

Erika Fishman, MPH discusses how technology is being integrated into physician practices, including HER, ePrescribing, and remote patient monitoring.


THE DIGITAL PRACTICE

Table of Contents


INTRODUCTION

I. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMR) AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR)
  • Consumer Opinion on Practice Technology
  • The State of Electronic Medical Records
  • The Digital Divide
  • Activities of Use/Interest on EMR
  • Clinical System at Hospital to which EMR Connects
  • Data Mining
II. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING (eRx)
  • The State of Electronic Prescribing
  • Mobile ePrescribing
  • ePrescribing Adoption Trends
  • Benefits of Electronic Prescribing
  • National Electronic Prescribing Initiative (NEPSI)
  • Electronic Prescribing Map: How Far We Have Come
  • ePrescribing and Pharma 

III. REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING (RPM)
  • Remote Healthcare: Health Buddy
  • The State of Electronic Remote Monitoring/Remote Patient Monitoring
  • Robots Hit the Hospital Floor?

CONCLUSION


Excerpt

Despite the bipartisan nature of the issue, legislation surrounding health IT in the U.S. has been slow moving. In fact, an ongoing study by the Commonwealth Fund recently found the U.S. to lag behind other countries with regard to health IT adoption, prompting the latest of many ventures to increase adoption of practice technologies among HCPs, hospitals, and other health-related institutions. While implementation efforts at the state level are widespread, the federal government must still resolve interoperability and privacy issues in order to gain widespread adoption and acceptance of these initiatives.

Until government initiatives are better-targeted and funded, the group with the most impact in this area may actually be consumers. Taking into account the notion that patient satisfaction scores have long been the impetus for change in health care, increased patient demand for quality care may be the fire needed to motivate physicians to reciprocate with supply. After all, consumer-directed care has recently come into its own, albeit at a slower pace than other industries. To the point at hand, over two-thirds of all consumers report that a practice’s use of technology is important when it comes to choosing a physician.



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