WSJ: Consumers believe EMR means quality, want Web sites

by CCHIT Staff on April 1, 2008

The Healthcare Blog reports on a recent Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey on healthcare providers that has consumers leaning more heavily toward physicians who adopt technology.

According to the report:

Most adults today believe it is fair to measure healthcare quality based on the use of electronic medical records; two years ago fewer than half of all adults believed this was a fair measure of quality.

Further, consumers are nearly unanimous on their desires for physician Web sites:

9 in 10 Americans are interested in their health plans having a website where you could rate doctors on issues like trust, communications, medical knowledge, availability and office environment – and participating on such social networks

For more information, download the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey results (PDF).

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