The QHR Learning Institute has launched an online community for hospitals: www.theQsphere.com. TheQsphere.com provides a central source for gaining insight, sharing opinions and finding resources on hospital management issues. The first featured topic within theQsphere.com focuses on The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), “Meaningful Use” definitions, and what EHR means to our nation’s hospitals. [...]
Experts advise physicians not to wait on EMR purchase decisions
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
True or false? The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide physician practices incentives for the purchase of an electronic medical record system. False. The ARRA is, indeed, meant to foster health IT adoption. But the incentive money will directly address the use of EMRs, not the purchase of the systems. Secretary of the U.S. [...]
GE to provide interest free financing to customers purchasing their EMR systems.
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image by wallyg via Flickr GE today announced, as part of its healthymagination initiative to increase access to technology and reduce cost, the launch of a new program, Stimulus Simplicity, which offers doctors and hospitals an easier path to electronic medical records (EMR) adoption. This program is a joint offering of GE Healthcare and GE [...]
