Hospital Characteristics are Associated With Readiness to Attain Stage 2 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

ConclusionRural hospitals have increasingly limited resources, which have resulted in a struggle for these facilities to attain meaningful use. Given increasing closures among rural hospitals, it is all the more important that EHR development focus on advancing rural hospital quality of care and linkages with patients and other organizations supporting the care of their patients.

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Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jungyeon Kim, Robert L. Ohsfeldt, Larry D. Gamm, Tiffany A. Radcliffe, Luohua Jiang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research