Kolodner says U.S. docs weak on IT adoption, stresses interstate collaboration

Kolodner says U.S. docs weak on IT adoption, stresses interstate collaboration:

"Most patients in the United States receive care in physician practices with one or two providers, yet only four percent of these practices have electronic health records, said Robert Kolodner, MD, here Monday. "

"We’re not getting value for our healthcare dollar in this country,” Kolodner said. “We’re paying more, but we’re ranked much lower than most other developed nations in health outcomes. Health IT is the right thing for our families and communities, but it’s also the right business case.”

In other nations, healthcare IT adoption is subsidized or incentivized more appropriately. Also, there is more uniformity with a single payer or universal system that reduces much uncertainty about purchases and implementation. A practice or hospital does not have to deal with a fragmented sytem on the outside with a myriad of insurers, hospital systems, etc, each with its own unique IT structure (or lack thereof).

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