Report Card:

Information Technology

In the last decade or so, technologies have become available that make hospitals and physician practices safer, more efficient, and more connected. Partners HealthCare has committed to adopting a number of these technologies and we are tracking the implementation of these systems across our sites.

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Report Card	Our Current Performance	Reference Point	How We’re Doing
Putting Computerized Order Entry into Practice at Partners Hospitals	100% Data through September 30, 2007	17% Jha, AK, et al., "Use of electronic health records in U.S. hospitals" N Engl J Med.	Click here to read more about Leading the Nation in Safer Prescribing
Adopting Electronic Medical Records in Primary Care Physicians Offices	99% Data through June 30, 2009	11% 11% of office-based MDs in the U.S. 2006 used EMR. ref: National Center for Health Statistics. 2007.	Click here to read more about Fingerprints Prove That Hawthorn Is on the Cutting Edge
Adopting Electronic Medical Records in Specialty Physicians Offices	89% Data through June 30, 2009	11% 11% of office-based MDs in the U.S. 2006 used EMR. ref: National Center for Health Statistics. 2007.
Prescribing Medications by Computer	See Hospital Detail		Our Partners goal is to use electronic prescribing in virtually all encounters. We are making steady progress towards that goal.