Image via Wikipedia The proven ability for medical transcription to facilitate accurate, cost-effective EHR adoption will be the key message brought by the members of the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) to federal legislators on Capitol Hill when the associations convene in Washington, DC, for their annual [...]
Forbes interview with Citizens Memorial Hospital CIO
May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Shifting health care from paper to electronic records could be one of the most important efficiency gains in our lifetimes, affecting everything from how quickly we can check into a clinic or hospital to how many specialists are available to monitor patients. Yet this presents some complex questions: What exactly is involved [...]
6 ways EMR can make diagnosis easier
May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia We’ll all soon have electronic medical records, given the $19 billion tagged for a big rollout of the long-touted paperless systems in the economic stimulus plan. Health care experts say EMRs will make medicine safer, more efficient, and more cost effective, and three quarters of the public say they’re all for it. [...]
Maryland approves bill requiring health plans to offer EMR incentives
May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image by ExperienceLA via Flickr Maryland has approved a bill making it the first state to require commercial health plans to offer doctors incentives for adopting electronic medical records. Starting in 2011, when physicians adopt EMRs, health plans will have to pay them higher reimbursements, pay out a lump sum incentive or offer in-kind services [...]
