Hypatia research study only states the obvious

EMR Daily News: “Hypatia Research, LLC today released a report entitled “What Healthcare CIOs Need to Know About ARRA & EHR: Healthcare Technology Solutions & Service Providers”. Beyond the obvious value of centralized access to patient data, Hypatia Research discerned that electronic records systems provide health providers with multiple benefits: 1. ACCURACY& ERROR-CHECKS; 2. REPORTING; 3. MEDICAL NOWLEDGE-BASE; 4. NEAR-TIME ACTIONABLE INSIGHT” – If your CIO needs a research firm to understand what an electronic records system should provide, then you’re healthcare system is in deep doo-doo. This is all basic stuff that should have been on the radar long ago.