Given the EHR angst that many of us have been feeling about whether to go electronic and how to make the decision, it is timely that data.gov recently published raw data on which electronic health records physicians are using to receive their health IT stimulus money.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the spreadsheet of all the eligible providers (Medicare and Medicaid) who attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use (MU) of certified electronic health records (EHRs). I downloaded the results and did some pivot table magic to see which EHRs are being used by physicians identifying their specialty as “Psychiatry.”
There were 285 of these people who said they were compliant with Stage 1 MU. Interestingly, there were others who identified themselves in other ways. Three were “Community Mental Health Centers,” even though HITECH specifically excluded them (but a doc there can attest, so I guess it’s OK); they used Meditech and HCA. Five identified as “Psychiatric” (Cerner, Design Clinicals, Siemens, and Wellsoft). And 16 as “Psychiatric Unit” (Epic, Cerner, NextGen, McKesson, GE, HCA, Meditech, Midas+, Siemens). Below are the data on the 285 identified as “psychiatry.”
After discounting the large system products (eg, Epic, Cerner), you can get an idea about the EHR products being used in outpatient private practices. Some of these are primarily for electronic prescribing. I haven’t looked to see which of these have iPad apps (Epic has Canto), but if you know about or have experience with any of these or other products, please comment below or on my blog at hitshrink.blogspot.com.
The APA will soon have a tool for members to compare EHRs and comment on their experiences. I will let you know when that is available.
This table lists the vendors in descending order of popularity among those psychiatrists attesting for Stage 1 Meaningful Use through the end of 2011. Links are provided for convenience only. (Disclosure: I have no financial interests in nor have I received money from any EHR vendor.)
| EHR Vendor | Product(s) | #Psychiatrists (n=285) | %Psychiatrists |
| Ambulatory (129); Inpatient (2) | 131 | 46% | |
| Practice Fusion | 22 | 7.7% | |
| PowerChart (9); Health Sentry (8) | 17 | 6% | |
| ED; Enterprise; ePrescribe; MyWay; PeakPractice; Professional. (1-2 each) | 13 | 4.6% | |
| MEDENT | 9 | 3.2% | |
| Premium Psychiatric Suite | 9 | 3.2% | |
| Rcopia MU | 8 | 2.8% | |
| eHealth ecoSystem | 8 | 2.8% | |
| Registry | 8 | 2.8% | |
| eClinicalWorks | 6 | 2.1% | |
| EHR for Behavioral Health | 6 | 2.1% | |
| Ambulatory (5); Inpatient (1) | 6 | 2.1% | |
| Medisoft | 4 | 1.4% | |
| Solution Series | 3 | 1.1% | |
| Care360 | 3 | 1.1% | |
| Pro-Filer | 3 | 1.1% | |
| Amazing Charts | 2 | 0.7% | |
| PrimeSuite | 2 | 0.7% | |
| MU Adviser | 2 | 0.7% | |
| IMS | 2 | 0.7% | |
| MTBC-HER | 2 | 0.7% | |
| NueMD | 2 | 0.7% | |
| EHR 24/7 | 2 | 0.7% | |
| MaestroMed | 2 | 0.7% | |
| Waiting Room Solutions | 2 | 0.7% |