US hospitals and physicians have four years to deploy comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) systems if they hope to snag some of the billions of dollars the federal government has earmarked to reimburse them for the work. However, although health care companies must begin such efforts soon if they want to meet the reimbursement deadlines, the federal government has yet to finalize technology and product specifications for e-health systems, causing concern among health care IT officials. Reid Conant, chief medical information officer at Tri-City Emergency Medical Group, agreed that EHR systems would streamline workflow and improve the quality of care, but he noted that many hospitals lack the IT resources or expertise needed to implement them.
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机译：如果美国医院和医师希望从联邦政府拨出的数十亿美元中拿出一部分来偿还这项工作，他们将有四年时间部署全面的电子健康记录（EHR）系统。但是，尽管医疗保健公司要想在报销截止日期之前必须尽快开始此类工作，但联邦政府尚未最终确定电子医疗系统的技术和产品规格，这引起了医疗保健IT官员的关注。 Tri-City Emergency Medical Group首席医疗信息官Reid Conant同意，EHR系统将简化工作流程并提高护理质量，但他指出，许多医院缺乏实施它们所需的IT资源或专业知识。
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