The pocketbook impact of electronic health records: Part 2

PC Webster - 2010 - Can Med Assoc
News highly paid, highly trained people doing low-level work because they can't delegate,
you can't gain the efficiencies that EHRs inherently present.” EHRs and fee for service don't …

The pocketbook impact of electronic health records: Part 1

PC Webster - 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Dr. James Lane, a Collingwood, Ontario, family physician, has worked with EHRs for nearly
a decade, even winning an award from the provincial government for his leadership in the …

[HTML][HTML] The electronic health record: boon or bust for good patient care?

CD DeANGELIS - The Milbank Quarterly, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2009 the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
was enacted under Title XIII as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act …

Electronic health records a “strong priority” for US government

PC Webster - 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Dean Sittig, a medical informatics researcher at the University of Texas at Houston worries
that even with huge investment in electronic records training programs, a lack of skilled …

A survey analysis suggests that electronic health records will yield revenue gains for some practices and losses for many

J Adler-Milstein, CE Green, DW Bates - Health Affairs, 2013 - healthaffairs.org
Health care providers remain uncertain about how they will fare financially if they adopt
electronic health record (EHR) systems. We used survey data from forty-nine community …

[HTML][HTML] National electronic health records initiative remains muddled, auditors say

PC Webster - 2010 - Can Med Assoc
News that the projects undertaken will not be consistent with the goals and priorities of the
overall EHR initiative and that the needs of the users will not be met.” The report warns that …

Electronic health records and improved care

LT Gordon - Health Affairs, 2012 - search.proquest.com
Danny McCormick and coauthors' article (Mar 2012) raised concern about whether using
electronic health records (EHRs) will actually save money. Shortly after, the Archives of …

Easing the adoption and use of electronic health records in small practices

P Torda, ES Han, SH Scholle - Health Affairs, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 recognizes that to improve
health through the use of electronic health records, smaller medical practices and those …

[HTML][HTML] The federal government has put billions into promoting electronic health record use: How is it going?

MD Hub - 2011 - commonwealthfund.org
Public and private financial incentives are aligned as never before to encourage physicians
to adopt electronic health records. To aid in the transition, the government has also put …

What's so meaningful about meaningful use?

KL Galbraith - Hastings Center Report, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
(HITECH) Act aims to promote the use of electronic health records by providing over $27 …