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Survey: IT key to increased confidence of small practices
Technology appears to have played a large part in increased confidence among a majority of small practices, if a new report from electronic health record vendor Practice Fusion is any indication.
One-third of states focus on Medicaid EHR incentives
Even with tight budgets, 17 states have forged ahead to launch their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs--with 11 of them making electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments that total $114.4
'Duplicative' e-prescribing, EHR incentive schedules to be modified, aligned
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), under increasing pressure from providers to modify potential conflicts in its electronic prescribing incentives schedule with its electronic
Four in five office-based docs could qualify for EHR incentives
A review of federal survey data in this month's Health Affairs shows that more than four in five (83 percent) office-based physicians could qualify for new federal incentive payments--through
ONC adds $80M for meaningful use 'support players'
The use of regional extension centers (RECs), state health information exchanges (HIEs), and community college workforce programs is getting an $80 million push from the Office of the National
Surveys find more hospitals, physicians likely to seek EHR incentive payments
New survey numbers reveal a reversal of the low interest in EHR adoption in previous years, according to David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. At a news
Ambulatory EMR market to 'double by 2012'
The U.S. market for ambulatory EHRs, worth $1.3 billion last year, is forecast to double to $2.6 billion by 2012, research firm Frost & Sullivan says. Clearly, the HITECH portion of the American
CMS develops guidance for state Medicaid EHR incentives
CMS is preparing to send guidance to state Medicaid agencies to help them develop health IT plans that meet requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The stimulus law allows
