Survey: Healthcare professionals still lacking ARRA knowledge
A survey from health IT company Ingenix revealed that more than half (58 percent) of 1,001 healthcare professionals surveyed have little to no familiarity with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Ingenix conducted an online survey of 1,001 U.S. physicians and physician practice administrators to gauge attitudes toward EHR technologies and to understand how federal incentives might affect purchase decisions.
The survey contained a margin of error of 3.1 percent.
Other survey findings include:
The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Ingenix conducted an online survey of 1,001 U.S. physicians and physician practice administrators to gauge attitudes toward EHR technologies and to understand how federal incentives might affect purchase decisions.
The survey contained a margin of error of 3.1 percent.
Other survey findings include:
- 42 percent of respondents have some familiarity with ARRA provisions.
- 82 percent said they are more likely to purchase EHR technologies if they are reimbursed for their investment.
- 77 percent say that penalties for not adopting EHR technology by 2014 are likely to motivate them to implement the technology.