Norman Physician Becomes Nation’s First to Receive Federal Stimulus for Electronic Medical Records
Physician Cynthia Taylor receives an initial payment of $21,250 from the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for her Norman clinic’s conversion and use of electronic medical records. Her check is just the tip of a $19.2 billion iceberg called the EHR Incentive Program.
Electronic Health Records Signal Changes in Hospital IT Strategies
An interview with Scott MacLean, the chief information officer at Newton Wellesley Hospital, offers a bird’s eye view of what it really means to comply with the “Meaningful Use” guidelines the federal government has established to determine whether or not hospitals and doctors will be eligible for financial incentives tied to electronic health records initiatives.
Survey: Eighty-One Percent of Hospitals, 41 Percent of Docs Plan on Meeting MU
Significant proportions of hospitals and doctors plan to adopt electronic health records and qualify for federal incentive payments, according to survey data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, reversing the trend of low interest in EHR adoption in previous years.
Report: Inpatient and Outpatient EHR Market To Hit $3.8B in 2015
Up from $1.98 billion in 2009, the U.S. market for inpatient and outpatient ambulatory electronic health record software is expected to reach $3.8 billion in 2015. According to the report, investments in EHRs mainly are being driven by meaningful use incentive payments, efforts to improve the quality of care, and efforts to cut costs.
House Votes to Repeal Health Care Law
As expected, the House voted to repeal the health-care overhaul law yesterday, though there is pretty much no chance that the Senate will take similar action — and President Obama would obviously veto any such legislation.
Oklahoma Budget May Hurt Kidney Patients
Oklahoma would probably stop paying for kidney dialysis treatments, prescription drugs and medical equipment like wheelchairs for low-income residents if the state has to cut health care costs by 10 percent to address its budget deficit
Survey of U.S. Physicians Finds Pessimism on Future of Health Care
A new survey of U.S. physicians finds they are decidedly pessimistic about the health-care overhaul law, with 65% saying it will contribute to a worsening of health-care quality over the next five years.
MedCAC Unsure on ESA Use in Kidney Transplants
In recent years, the safety of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) has come under scrutiny. Now, a panel of Medicare advisers has voted that there isn’t enough evidence to make any scientific decision on whether the use of ESAs makes kidney transplant patients less likely to reject the organ.
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