The economic stimulus bill (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or ARRA) provides incentive payments up to a maximum of $44,000 per physician over five years for “meaningfully using health information technology.”
Although we don’t yet have definition of “meaningful use,” we can be pretty sure doctors will need to be e-prescribing, exchanging information electronically, and reporting clinical quality measures.
Rather than wait for that definition, start your EMR selection and implementation project now. And start it with an educational demo.
An educational demo is an opportunity for a vendor to help you understand what his EMR can do for your practice, so that as you evaluate products and services, you’ll have a better understanding of how to get a good fit.
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