Digital Divide Between Rural and Urban Hospitals Decreasing

The digital divide between small, rural hospitals and larger, urban hospitals is closing, partly due to the federal electronic health-record incentive program, writes Modern Healthcare. According to the latest CMS data, at least 94% of small and rural hospitals now has an EHR system, or has contracted to buy one, with top-level functionality such as computerized physician-order entry to complete orders, clinical decision support and interoperability.

Read more: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150817/NEWS/150819925/federal-dollars-helped-close-the-digital-divide-between-rural-and.