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MN offers $2.3M in EMR loans
The state of Minnesota is offering a total of more than $2.3 million in state loans to help a pair of hospitals complete their EMR rollout. Swift County-Benson Hospital and Mille Lacs Health System Read more...
MN offers $2.3M in EMR loans
The state of Minnesota is offering a total of more than $2.3 million in state loans to help a pair of hospitals complete their EMR rollout. Swift County-Benson Hospital and Mille Lacs Health System Read more...
Study: EMRs may not always improve care
While EMRs still hold a great deal of promise for improving some forms of medical care, they may not have as great an impact on the outcome of walk-in doctor visits. That's the conclusion drawn by a Read more...
Health IT not playing key role in P4P
In theory, payers include smart use of technology in their standards for handing out pay-for-performance bonuses. In reality, however, they aren't paying that much attention to IT adoption, according to a new study by analyst firm Health Industry Insights. The study, which surveyed 57 U.S. health plans with P4P programs planned or underway, found that when provided with a list of seven factors needed for P4P success, payers ranked physician IT adoption near the bottom, at …
Read more...Bill would pay for physician health IT costs
A new federal bill is now under consideration which would help physician practices afford the cost of implementing more sophisticated health IT tools. Interestingly, the bill was shaped not solely by Congressional staffers, but also by direct input from a vendor, Carrollton, GA-based Greenway Medical Technologies, which makes software integrating EMR and practice management functions. The bill, the National Health Information Incentive Act, would offer physicians grants, loans and tax …
Read more...Study: EHR adoption held back by multiple issues
A recent study of physician EHR adoption has found that not only price, but also concerns about productivity loss and technical issues are holding back adoption of EHRs within individual physician practices. The study, which was published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, surveyed 1,345 Massachusetts physicians to learn what was holding back EHRs adoption in their practices. One the one hand, the EHR adoption rate for individual physicians …
Read more...HHS, IRS rules on EMR donations clash
In some cases, giving a physician practice software, hardware and IT support may be the only way to get them on board with hospital EMR efforts. But despite new HHS rules allowing the giveaways, non-profits may not be able to do so. In August, the HHS Office of the Inspector General issued guidelines specifically exempting such donations from anti-kickback and Stark law rules. But then …
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