Image via Wikipedia A push for widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) has become a central part of the national health care debate, but a new study shows that the technology is not equally available to American patients. Your own doctor’s use of EHRs mostly depends on whether she practices alone or as part [...]
Cardinal Health to Offer Allscripts EHR to Solo and Small Physician Groups
May 7, 2009 By 1 Comment
Allscripts today announced that Cardinal Health, one of the largest health care distributors in the country, will offer the Allscripts MyWay(TM) Electronic Health Record to its physician customers across the nation. Surveys indicate 95 percent of physicians in small practices currently do not have an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and would need to adopt one [...]
ARRA Funds for facilities running non-CCIT systems.
May 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia There is a critical element in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that targets funds for Federally-Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs). An FQHC is an organization defined by the Medicare and Medicaid statutes that receives funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. FQHCs provide primary care services [...]
Upcoming HIT Policy Standards Committee Meetings in Washington
May 7, 2009 By 4 Comments
Image via Wikipedia The HIT Policy Committee will hold its first meeting May 11 in Washington D.C. The HIT Standards Committee will hold its inaugural meeting on May 15, also in Washington D.C. Instructions on how to access the meetings and participate in person or on the web can be found at Brian Ahier’s Healthcare IT [...]
