Beefing Up Your EHR To Beat The Competition

The role of electronic health records (EHRs) in provider organization strategy has moved in an interesting direction over the past couple of years—from a mandated electronic filing cabinet to the core of organizational performance management. In a recent survey of health care executives on their post-pandemic plans, 60% said their top priority was “getting the most out of existing information technology investments such as their electronic health record (EHR) system.” To do this, 30% of leaders said their biggest information technology (IT) investments will be in EHR upgrades and 25% will focus on cybersecurity investments. In addition, 22 . . .