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Physicians eager but unprepared to meet Meaningful Use requirements
Although roughly half of physicians in a recent survey said they planned to apply to the Meaningful Use incentive program in 2011, few would have qualified for payments because their electronic
Implementation support needed for small practice EHR adoption to take off in 2012
Long ignored by leading electronic health record vendors because of the high cost of selling to them, small practices finally are getting the spotlight. Motivated by the government's EHR incentive
REC, health tech vendor team to help docs meet Meaningful Use
The California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) is joining forces with health technology vendor CDW Healthcare to enable the former--a federally designated regional
Regional extension centers struggling to help docs meet Meaningful Use
While the nation's 62 regional extension centers (RECs)--authorized by the HITECH Act to help small practice providers achieve Meaningful Use--recently surpassed an initial goal of signing up 100,000
ONC looks to physician champion 'MUVers' for EHR adoption
As one way to encourage physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology is looking for some "physician
ONC adds $80M for meaningful use 'support players'
The use of regional extension centers (RECs), state health information exchanges (HIEs), and community college workforce programs is getting an $80 million push from the Office of the National
Regional extension centers slow to sign physician contracts
Surprise, surprise! Things are moving slower than hoped for in health IT. The latest example of the glacial pace of change concerns the 60 federally funded regional extension centers set up to help
