Almost 80% Hospital Participation in EHR Incentives – Infographic

I know I’m a sucker for an infographic. I think it’s the data geek in me since most infographics have some interesting data. This health IT infographic comes from HealthIT.gov and talks about the EHR incentive program. I think the data in it is a bit old, but the number that really stood out to me was the 80% hospital participation rate in the EHR incentive program. I knew that most hospitals didn’t have a choice when it came to participating (the money was too much to ignore), but it’s interesting to see that play out in the numbers.

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John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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