Table 2.

The 2010 reported challenges for hospitals that indicated an intention to participate in the MU programme

	Hospitals that achieved MU in 2011 (n=313)*	Hospitals that did not achieve MU in 2011 (n=2162)*	p Value
Implement CDS rules	59 (20.7%)	494 (23.3%)	0.329
Implement CPOE at specified level of sophistication	90 (31.6%)	1056 (49.8%)	<0.001
Exchange clinical information with other providers	114 (40.0%)	803 (37.9%)	0.485
Perform medication reconciliation across settings of care	45 (15.8%)	412 (19.4%)	0.142
Give patients access to their data in electronic form	88 (30.9%)	488 (23.0%)	0.004
Generate problem lists used codified datasets	42 (14.7%)	297 (14.0%)	0.738
Generate numerator and denominator data for quality reporting directly from EHR	107 (37.5%)	569 (26.8%)	<0.001

*Hospitals were asked to choose up to two MU criteria that will or would be most challenging to achieve. Total responses vary due to the number of barriers chosen. Non-responders to the challenges survey question were excluded (n=69).

CDS, clinical decision support; CPOE, computerized provider order entry; EHR, electronic health record; MU, meaningful use.