Healthcare IT Update

Doctors Need More Convincing To Support Home Care Device

Doubt over financial viability could be the only thing holding them back. Home monitoring devices could be the next big thing in health care, but the technology won’t catch on unless doctors get a more lucrative financial incentive for using the technology.

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EMR Use Might Distract Clinicians from Patient Interaction

Will using EMRs cause physicians to sacrifice personal communication with patients? While electronic medical records (EMRs) have their downsides – the main one being start-up expenses – a new possible problem is revealed in a recent report released by the Center for Studying Health System Change.

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What You Need To Do To Get ARRA’s EHR Adoption Incentive Money

Having trouble plodding through the 555-page HITECH reg? Our experts spell out the basic requirements for collecting cash. If you help to run a hospital or a physician’s office that sees Medicare and Medicaid patients, you might think you know red tape. Well, if you plan on seeing any of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 incentive money for adopting electronic health records technology, get ready for a whole new world of red before you see any green. On Dec. 30, 2009, CMS issued a proposed rule that would implement the incentive payment provisions of ARRA. Payments will be offered to Medicare and Medicaid providers and facilities that adopt and “meaningfully use” electronic health record technology, and this proposed rule is the first indication of how CMS plans to define ARRA’s requirements. The most anticipated part of the reg…

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Case Study: One Health System’s Plan for Physician EHR Adoption

The North Shore-LIJ Health System has jumped feet first into EHR and is spending millions to incentivize its physicians to adopt the program — and the clinical protocols that are built into it. North Shore-LIJ announced in September that it will pay for up to 85 percent of the cost of implementing and operating its new electronic health records (EHR) system in 7,000 affiliated physician offices in New York City and Long Island.

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