“Less than 2 percent of U.S. hospitals have enough healthcare information technology systems in place to improve how they deliver care, according to a study in the March 26 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study comes as hospitals prepare to cash in on more than $1 million a year in Medicare and Medicaid money in the stimulus package if they can show meaningful use of healthcare IT. “Meaningful use of healthcare IT” has yet to be defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, and payment of bonuses isn’t expected until 2011. After 2015, hospitals will face penalties for not having healthcare IT in place.”
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News, 25 March 2009
