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Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Brutal Facts—$ HIT Initial & Ongoing Costs is Adoption Barrier for Hospitals

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Screen shot of a bar graph displaying: Hospitals continued to report cost as greatest barrier to IT adoption

Percent of hospitals indicating barrier is a "significant barrier" or "somewhat of a barrier"

Barrier level	Significant barrier		Somewhat of a barrier
Survey year	2006	2005	2006	2005
Initial costs	54%	59%	40%	36%
Ongoing costs	32%	33%	55%	54%
Interoperability with current systems	27%	25%	52%	52%
Acceptance by clinical staff	23%	24%	59%	58%
Availability of well-trained IT staff	16%	15%	51%	49%
Inability of technology to meet needs	11%	12%	51%	48%

Source: American Hospital Association. (2007). Continued progress: Hospital use of information technology. Washington, DC: Author, p. 15.