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Health Information Exchange Webinar Shed Light on Providers' Perceptions

Jennifer Dennard, Social Marketing Director
January 13, 2011





Slides from the recent Porter Research/Billian's HealthDATA study and webinar, "Providers' Perceptions: Health Information Exchange," may be downloaded by clicking here.
A recording of the presentation may be downloaded by clicking here, courtesy of webinar partner Healthcare IT News. Registration is necessary.



The recent Porter Research/ Billian's HealthDATA webinar on providers' perceptions of Health Information Exchange attracted more than 500 registrants, proving what a popular topic this is for the healthcare industry. The presentation featured guest speakers Cynthia Porter, President of Porter Research, Allison Norfleet, Vice President of Business Development at Porter Research/Billian's HealthDATA, and Guy McAllister, Chief Information Officer at Tift Regional Medical Center, a not-for-profit community hospital serving 12 counties. It dove into the results of a hospital executive study conducted by Porter Research and Billian's HealthDATA in October 2010.

The study and webinar addressed:
  • Concerns, challenges, and roadblocks;
  • Tangible benefits of HIE;
  • Health IT vendor preparedness;
  • Impact of the HITECH Act and meaningful use legislation on HIE strategy and planning;
  • and details of Tift Regional Medical Center's experience with HIE.
It came as no surprise that the more than 120 C-suite/director-level health executives surveyed showed that cost and funding are still the largest barriers to health information exchange at their facilities. What did come as surprise, however  was the fact that nearly half of respondents rated themselves as mostly prepared to meet Stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements, but only 10 percent indicated they are ready to meet requirements for Stage 2 and 3 - requirements that have not yet been clearly outlined.

Cynthia Porter recently shared several thoughts about the study's results with Healthcare Informatics' Associate Editor Jennifer Prestigiacomo. Slides from the study and webinar may be downloaded by clicking here. A recording of the presentation may be downloaded by clicking here, courtesy of webinar partner Healthcare IT News. Registration is necessary.



Porter Research and Billian's HealthDATA would like to know what topics the healthcare industry would like to learn more about through future research studies and webinars. Please share topics of interest via the Healthcare Intelligence Hub group discussion on LinkedIn.










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