Wednesday, February 15, 2012

U.S. Seen As Among Health IT Leaders

Conn, Joseph. "U.S. Seen As Among Health IT Leaders." Modern Healthcare, February 15, 2012.

From the article: "The U.S. appears to be holding its own in healthcare information technology use and adoption by physicians compared with physicians in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore and Spain, according to a study released by Reston, Va.-based consultant Accenture. … According to a side-by-side comparison of “progress” in the U.S. and the six other countries toward what the consultant defined as six “dynamics of connected health,” the U.S. ranked ahead of the other nations surveyed in 10 metrics, behind in 11, and equal to the others in 21."  Read more

See Also
Making the Case for Connected Health, prepared by Accenture, 2012.