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Financial incentives have been used before to try to get physicians to use EMR – with mixed results. As Eric Brown points out in an article on the Forrester blog, grants and such supplied physicians with money to offset the expenses of purchasing electronic medical records software and associated hardware. But as soon as they […]
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We have arrived at the point of no return. You are now looking at an EHR vendor contract and no matter how well you negotiate this contract, once signed, it will be very difficult for you to change your mind and “get out” without incurring large financial penalties. Once you begin using the product, there […]
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Just as medical practices are wrapping their brains aroung HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) standards, now they have to be worried about new PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards). Or do they? First, a little background on PCI-DSS. The PCI Security Standards Council was founded by major credit vendors including American Express, […]
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Here we are going to talk about the second stage of shopping for an EHR. We are going to assume that you did your homework, defined your goals and constraints and prepared a comprehensive list of requirements for an EHR (if you have not done so already, go back and read Part I). To continue […]
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On American Medical News, a report on a meeting of the AMA National Advocacy Conference found CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, answering some tough questions, including the effect that some reimbursement cuts have had on certain specialties and challenges to EMR adoption. Also on the agenda was David Blumenthal, MD, the outgoing national health information […]
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So you’ve been hearing all about the recent EHR buzz and decided to give it a try. Whether you are convinced that electronic records are the way to go, or you have reached a point where you are willing to give it a try, the first thing to do is buy one of those EHRs. […]
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“Certified” is the $44,000 buzzword prefixing electronic health records (EHR) software. To qualify for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clincal Health (HITECH) Act incentive payments, you must use an EHR that is certified by the government. Additionally, you must use a system – or systems – that offer 100% of the functional and security […]
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One of my partners recently attended a medical meeting where they had a breakout session on EMR implementation. The speakers told the practices to expect to have an initial 50% decrease in productivity when they implemented EMR. Why? Because the consultants that help practices go paperless will tell practices to cut their clinic volume in […]
