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Bonus Resource: How to Qualify for EMR Stimulus Funds
by Peter Polack 3 Comments
One of the most common questions we get is, “How to we qualify for the financial incentives for EMR implementation?” Even so, we would think this should be everyone’s number one question. After all, the costs of both the EMR software and the associated hardware are not insignificant. Who is going to pay for all […]

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Study: Current EMRs not good for care coordination
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One of the goals of meaningful use and all the related federal spending of health IT is for EMRs to improve care coordination. But the current reimbursement system that’s heavy on fee-for-service encourages software developers and users alike to focus on documentation of billable events rather than coordination of care, a new study finds. Read […]

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CMS Releases Proposed Meaningful Use Criteria
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a proposed outline for Meaningful Use criteria, in accordance with EMR implementation provisions under the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. These specify some of the guidelines by which physicians […]

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Putting Meaningful Use in Your Practice
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A recent article in the AMA news discussed some of the continued ambiguities of the “Meaningful Use” prerequisites handed down by the Health IT Policy Committee. Nevertheless, it does give everyone an idea of where they are headed. Generally speaking, meaningful users are defined as healthcare-providers who are using E-Prescribing, that their EMR technology is […]

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