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Small practices no longer lagging in EHR adoption
Solo practitioners and small physician practices finally are jumping onto the electronic health record bandwagon, for the first time adopting EHR systems at a greater rate than larger medical groups.
Implementation support needed for small practice EHR adoption to take off in 2012
Long ignored by leading electronic health record vendors because of the high cost of selling to them, small practices finally are getting the spotlight. Motivated by the government's EHR incentive
Regional extension centers struggling to help docs meet Meaningful Use
While the nation's 62 regional extension centers (RECs)--authorized by the HITECH Act to help small practice providers achieve Meaningful Use--recently surpassed an initial goal of signing up 100,000
Few practices using regional extension centers, despite EMR struggles
EMR implementation is no small feat for any healthcare organization. Small practices, in particular, tend to really struggle in not only ditching paper in the first place, but also in optimizing the
Physicians in sight of retirement face a tough choice about EMR adoption
Medicare penalties for not adopting EMRs kick in starting in 2015, and are scheduled to reach 5 percent by 2019 for the true holdouts. But what of the many physicians within five to eight years of
IT resistance by high-volume Medicaid providers could increase care disparities, HIT Policy Committee told
IT is supposed to help lessen healthcare disparities, but if Medicaid-dependent clinics don't adopt EMRs and other health IT, disparities between rich and poor could widen, one advocacy organization
California IPA's frustration is a caution on the road to meaningful use
Could the federal EMR stimulus signal the end of the small practice, or is it a wake-up call to vendors to improve their products? Could it be the catalyst for real payment reform? Patty Page LaPenn,
Editor's Corner: Don't underestimate small practices
Here at FierceMarkets, we're a relatively small company, but we're pretty capable. Like those who work in smaller medical practices, we get more done before 9 a.m. than most companies do all
Study: Small, rural practices can adopt health IT
A new report from the American Academy of Family Physicians offers encouraging results for those who fear health IT overhead and technical issues could stall its implementation indefinitely. The
