Survey: Repeal of healthcare reform may negatively affect patient care

Mary Stevens | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR
Forty-seven percent of respondents to Beacon Partners’ 2011 Healthcare Reform Study believe that a repeal would have a negative impact on patient care. More than 300 attendees of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Fla., weighed in, via an electronic survey, on the implications of Congress or the courts repealing all or components of the healthcare reform legislation.

Two-thirds of the respondents were senior-level healthcare industry executives (CEO, president, COO, executive vice president, CFO, vice president of finance, CIO, vice president of management information systems, CTO, CMO, CMIO, chief of staff, etc.), according to Beacon Partners, a Weymouth, Mass., independent healthcare management consulting company.

The study also found that the ability to sustain financial investment was the top concern associated with achieving meaningful use, and 70 percent believe that clinicians will be only “somewhat” willing to adopt changes necessary to achieve it.

The study also found that 51 percent believe the new Congress or federal courts will be successful in repealing at least some portion of the healthcare reform legislation.

The top concerns about the financial investments necessary to achieve meaningful use were:
  • Sustainability: 30 percent
  • Capital Cost: 20 percent
  • Staffing: 18 percent
  • Operating Cost: 11 percent
  • Vendor Commitment: 11 percent
  • Time: 10 percent
 

Mary Stevens

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