Independent physician practices can earn nearly $50,000 per full-time-equivalent physician with an EHR than those still stuck in the paper world, the Medical Group Management Association reports.
The report, based on a survey of MGMA membership, found that EHR-equipped practices not owned by hospitals or integrated delivery networks had $178,907 in higher median revenue per FTE [...]
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Medical practices that have implemented electronic health record systems report stronger financial performance than those using paper-based systems, according to a report released Monday by the Medical Group Management Association, Health Data Management reports.
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The report — titled “Electronic Health Records Impacts on Revenue, Costs and Staffing: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data” — used [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on November 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
NEW ORLEANS – Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s newly released “Electronic Health Records Impacts on Revenue, Costs, and Staffing: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.”
The suvey was released Oct. 25 at MGMA’s annual meeting [...]
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In an open letter, national health IT czar Dr. David Blumenthal is urging the health IT vendor community to help bolster e-health record adoption rates among healthcare providers in underserved, minority communities.
The letter, co-signed by Blumenthal and Dr. Garth Graham, director of the office of minority health, cited a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on October 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
NASHVILLE, TN – CCHIT chair Karen Bell says the EHR certification process required for meaningful use is moving steadily in the right direction. “It’s a little bit like the Wild West because things are changing so rapidly,” she said. “But we’re clearly making progress.”
In a keynote speech at the HIMSS Summit of the Southeast in [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on October 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
ORLANDO – Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin learned a few things in her old job running the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Alabama. First, the job didn’t just entail “sewing up the shark bites” – there were plenty of “land sharks” (regulators and red-tape dispensers) to fend off, too. Second, EHR are an [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on October 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
By Mark Wallin
For many years we have been hearing an increasing amount of information regarding Electronic Health Records (EHR) and related technologies with acronyms such as EMR, PHR, HIE to name a few. More recently, we have been hearing an emphasis on incentives and programs that may be available to physicians that adopt or utilize [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on October 5th, 2010 | No Comments »
Washington — The Health IT Policy Committee on Aug. 14 approved recommendations to the federal government on establishing a new process for certifying electronic health records.
To be eligible for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the federal stimulus bill, physicians and hospitals must be able to demonstrate “meaningful use” of certified EHR technology. Federal certification [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on September 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
A study by Frost & Sullivan predicts that revenue for the U.S. ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) market will double from $1.3 billion in 2009 to an estimated $2.6 billion in 2012. Further, by 2013, the market will reach its peak, posting revenue of $3 billion. However, by 2016 market saturation will have occurred and [...]
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Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.
In [...]
Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on September 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
