The Sacramento Bee
“U-M researchers are calling for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage a more seamless exchange of information between electronic health records and immunization registries.
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BPC
“Health information technology (IT) plays a critical role in supporting new models of care and payment that are designed to achieve health care’s triple aim: improve health, improve the experience of care for patients and families, and reduce the cost of care. Despite the introduction of IT to nearly every other aspect of modern life, the U.S. health care system remains largely paper-based. Greater use of health IT enjoys bipartisan support.
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Adam Sharp, KevinMD
“Don’t get me wrong, EMRs (electronic medical records) are inevitable. Over the long-run they are almost certainly good for physicians, patients and the healthcare industry.
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C. Martin Harris, The Columbus Dispatch
“The digitization of medical records has long been touted as a way to curb paperwork errors, engage patients in their well-being and, above all, save money.
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James Ellis and Aaron Razavi, Healthcare IT News
“The amount of office based physicians using electronic health records (EHRs) is up 12% from 2010 according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
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Craig Byer, SearchHealthIT
“Physician assistants (PAs), like a handful of other non-primary care specialties, are not considered eligible professionals (EPs) under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
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Neil Versel, mobihealthnews
“Mobile adoption just keeps marching forward, but someone had best solve the payment issue sooner rather than later.
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“Doctors’ adoption of health information technology doubled in two years, aaccording to a new report, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released Tuesday. Sebelius also announced extension of the meaningful use qualification date to 2014.
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Marla Durben Hirsch, FierceEMR
“The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive program is meant to propel widespread adoption of electronic medical record keeping, largely in an effort to improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs.
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Ken Terry, InformationWeek
“Of the healthcare providers that received the first batch of federal incentive payments for Meaningful Use of electronic health records (EHRs), around half were using EHRs for several years or longer before the government program began, according to a survey by iWatch News, a publication of the Center for Public Integrity. IWatch News interviewed 62 doctors and hospitals–about a sixth of the total that received incentive payments last spring–to obtain the data for its analysis.
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Brian Klein, MedGadget
“Medgadget recently had the chance to sit down with U.S. Department of Health Human Services officials at a recent roundtable discussion. Todd Park, HHS Chief Technology Officer, touched on a number of topics, ranging from the Health Data Initiative and the importation of Blue Button data.
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Paul Winandy, Government Health IT
“Government incentives have made EMR implementation a hot topic for many medical practitioners. Everyone loves getting money back from the government, but don’t let the incentive money push you into a decision you will regret.
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Jeff Nelson, Anexio
“A Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services official recently reported that the government has paid $400 million in meaningful use incentives since the program’s inception, a little over a year ago. Over 3,500 physicians and hospitals have been paid by CMS for implementing and upgrading to EHR (Electronic Health Records) technology.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“The government’s investment in electronic health records could result in a major pay off when it comes to boosting quality of care, according to new research of 500 primary care physicians.
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“Electronic prescribing (eRx) has been recognized as an important step in moving health care from a paper-based legacy to a new electronic platform. The use of eRx has been incentivized by the federal government, specifically via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Brian Ahier, Healthcare, Technology & Government 2.0
“Healthcare is one of the last industries in the United States to universally incorporate technological advancements. While most sectors have made significant investments in information technology to improve efficiency and consumer relationships, America’s health care system is still largely paper-driven. As a result the healthcare system is plagued by inefficiency and poor quality. Delivery is slower, more prone to errors, and harder to measure and coordinate than it should be.
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“Sixty four percent of physicians still see Meaningful Use incentives as one of the strongest reasons to invest in an electronic health record (EHR)–whether they use one already or are thinking about buying one. But for 32% of those who are in the market for an EHR, insufficient capital is still a key challenge. That’s the conclusion of a recent national survey of 100 physicians.
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Mary Mosquera, Government Health IT
“More providers are adopting computerized physician order entry (CPOE) as a result of the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), according to researcher KLAS.
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Ashok Selvam, ModernHealthcare
“Most Florida doctors caring for Medicaid patients would be interested in applying for federal electronic health-record incentives, according to a study published in this month’s issue of Health Affairs.
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Menachemi N et al, Health Affairs, 30(8)
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 aims to expand the use of electronic health records by offering financial incentives to physicians to fully adopt and implement them. We surveyed Florida physicians who deliver care to Medicaid participants to identify their interest in participating in the incentive program. More than 60 percent of all respondents expressed interest in applying for the incentives; of those already using electronic health record systems, 86 percent intend to apply for funding. This relatively high proportion of physicians creates the potential to reach the overall policy goals of the law.
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