Health Forum's newest web seminar comes at a time when the entire nation—from patients at home to lawmakers in Washington—holds high hopes for the power of information technology to help transform health care. The seminar pivots off of an important new data set, the Hospital EHR Adoption Database from the American Hospital Association, and provides a high-level view of EHR adoption, followed by practical, feet-on-the-street advice for hospitals on the road to EHR adoption.

• Hear first-hand from a researcher involved in the recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the use of electronic health records in U.S Hospitals.
• Learn where hospitals are along the technology adoption curve and understand how hospital characteristics influence adoption.
• Review common barriers and facilitators to EHR adoption.
• Gain insight from a health care system executive involved in implementing a comprehensive EHR program.
• Learn how this system developed their plan, including the pleasant and unpleasant surprises along the way.
• Gain insight into current practices to improve upon and expand the program.

• TOPICS: EHR/EMR, Information Technology, Strategic Planning