According to EHR Meaningful Use Survey, Access to EHR Productivity Tools that Improve the Clinical Documentation Process is a Stronger Incentive for National EHR Adoption than Stimulus Money

The healthcare industry has been awaiting a formal definition of electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use ever since the language of the HITECH Act within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was made public. According to the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association, the federal government is expected to publish criteria pertaining to the definition of meaningful use as early as this week. In anticipation of definitive criteria, Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading supplier of speech solutions that help clinicians with the transition to and utilization of EHRs, engaged physicians via survey to better understand how “meaningful use” should, from their point of view, ultimately be defined. Today, Nuance is announcing results from the EHR Meaningful Use Physician Study, which represents feedback from more than 1,000 physicians throughout the United States.

EHRs have been recognized as a core component to national healthcare reform.