EHR adoption has encountered a great obstacle, the varying state level health privacy laws. Because each state has different laws, a standard off-the-shelf software cannot be utilized across the nation. Proprietary vendors, therefore, must customize each system to fit the needs of the health organizations in each state. This customization does not come without a high cost though. Consequently, the high price tags for customization can and are deterring many health organizations from adopting EHR's.
What's a possible solution? Open source health systems...Open source systems can be easily customized to fit the needs of the users at no or minimal costs. Therefore, open source becomes an even more viable solution for health organizations with tight budgets.
To read the study published by the Harvard School of Medicine and the MIT Sloan School of Management about the inhibiting factors for EHR adoption , click here.
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