NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), released today key learnings about physician attitudes toward Stark Relaxation, based on data obtained from an independent study. The study reveals that recent relaxation of the “Stark” Physician Referral law and Anti-Kickback Statute (“Stark Relaxation”) could greatly accelerate the adoption of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems by physicians and could as much as double the number of physician practices that are willing to acquire or upgrade an EMR system within the next year. GE Healthcare commissioned an independent market research firm to conduct a blinded study of 200 physicians in small, medium and large practices to identify what effects Stark Relaxation may have on physicians’ intent to acquire or upgrade EMR systems in the next 12 to 36 months.
