“I'm delighted that you're going to be meeting with the specialties and understanding the impact of meaningful use criteria on them,” she said.
The committee also discussed barriers to widespread EHR adoption. Committee member Judith Faulkner of Epic Systems Corp. in Verona, Wis., said cost was not the biggest issue for many of the providers with whom she had spoken. “It doesn't matter what the incentive money is,” she said.
Ms. Harrell agreed, noting, “The real barrier is legal concerns. Our customers are not jumping on [EHRs] because lawyers and their other advisers are much more [concerned] about legal issues, and I don't think the money matters as much.”