By Andrea Kraynak,
Upcoming EHR meaningful use subsidies may give many hospitals the additional incentive necessary to push toward a largely paperless existence.
Some facilities may be adopting their first electronic systems at this time. Others currently operating in a hybrid environment are likely looking to increase their EHR technologies to meet soon-to-be-finalized meaningful use measures.
Of course, [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on April 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As medical practices nationwide focus on “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs), the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) reports encouraging findings from a survey of AMGA member medical groups. Although few groups have yet to fully achieve all the benefits they anticipated when they began implementation, virtually all groups now have even higher expectations [...]
Filed under: AMGA, EHR on December 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By DAVID C. KIBBE and BRIAN KLEPPER
“Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.”
All’s Well That Ends Well (II, i, 145-147)
2009 began with a bang for legacy Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors, promising strong sales and windfall profits on the heels of [...]
Filed under: CCHIT, EHR on December 7th, 2009 | No Comments »
On Wednesday, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal said the federal government would pay special attention to individual physicians and small group practices as it works to implement the health IT provisions of the federal economic stimulus package, CongressDaily reports.
Blumenthal testified before the House Small Business Regulations and Healthcare Subcommittee along with pediatricians, optometrists [...]
Filed under: EHR, Federal Economic Stimulus Package on September 29th, 2009 | No Comments »