Hospitals Slowly Moving Toward Stage 1 of Meaningful Use

According to HIMSS researchers, hospitals in the seven categories above are moving faster than their peers when it comes to IT adoption. Hospitals at the high end of EMRAM are moving up more quickly, as well. As hospitals geared up to meet Stage 1, researchers say, the number of hospitals at stages 6 and 7 of EMRAM is growing as well...

...As we’ve previously noted here, however, calling this a success would be looking at the nearly empty glass as half-full. Even HIMSS admits that only five percent of hospitals have achieved Stage 6 of the EMRAM model (give or take) and just 1.2 percent are at EMRAM Stage 7...

...But hospitals with less than 100 beds — generally rural, critical access hospitals — are not doing even as well as their peers. Only 20 percent told HIMSS that they were ready or most likely to meet Stage One goals...