Repost of WSJ: Cost Is the Impediment

So here’s a blog post from the Wall Street Journal from a few weeks ago:    http://bit.ly/RAD1h.

Basically the title says it all – “Docs, Hospitals Skip Electronic Records for the Same Reason” and in the text you will find the answer: cost. Our industry needs to take this lesson to heart: in the day and age of Software-as-as-Service, subscription agreements and little/no services requirements, pushing large scale implementations of EMR systems is going to be a tough call.