Talk About A Sense Of Déjà Vu. Australia Has Certainly Seen This Before. It Ultimately Ended Badly For The Provider Involved In Australia.
The following appeared a few days ago:
Should cash-strapped small practices turn to ad-supported EHRs?
Author Name Jennifer Bresnick | Date January 22, 2013 |
Advertising is everywhere. From your smartphone apps to your radio station to this very article, ads pay the bills for your favorite news outlets, entertainment destinations, and websites. Sometimes they’re annoying, and sometimes they alert you to a useful product or service you might not otherwise find. But should they be integrated into your EHR? With implementation costs soaring into the tens of thousands ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 30, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Will RECs accidentally wreck innovation in the EMR market on their way to helping small practices?
The Federal Government is granting hundreds of millions of dollars to Regional Extension Centers (called“RECs” and pronounced like“wrecks”) to help small physician practices benefit from healthcare information technology solutions. RECs are designed to offer consulting and technical support to help accelerate adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The purpose of the RECs is to provide guidance on which products to buy, help reduce prices of software through group purchase agreements, and give technical assistance on implementation and deployment. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - June 6, 2010 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Will RECs accidentally wreck innovation in the EMR market on their way to helping small practices?
The Federal Government is granting hundreds of millions of dollars to Regional Extension Centers (called “RECs” and pronounced like “wrecks”) to help small physician practices benefit from healthcare information technology solutions. RECs are designed to offer consulting and technical support to help accelerate adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The purpose of the RECs is to provide guidance on which products to buy, help reduce prices of software through group purchase agreements, and give technical assistance on implementation and deployment. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - June 6, 2010 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Will RECs accidentally wreck innovation in the EMR market on their way to helping small practices?
The Federal Government is granting hundreds of millions of dollars to Regional Extension Centers (called“RECs” and pronounced like“wrecks”) to help small physician practices benefit from healthcare information technology solutions. RECs are designed to offer consulting and technical support to help accelerate adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The purpose of the RECs is to provide guidance on which products to buy, help reduce prices of software through group purchase agreements, and give technical assistance on implementation and deployment. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - June 6, 2010 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
JAMIA reports it will be 2024 by the time EHR adoption will reach its full potential
Statistical modeling in the recent JAMIA article Predicting the Adoption of Electronic Health Records by Physicians: When Will Health Care be Paperless? presents some interesting results.
The study focused on small practices (where most of our EHR adoption trouble happens) and used EHR adoption data from six previous studies to estimate potential future market penetration rates.
Based on their conservative models, they said:
Under current conditions, EHR adoption will reach its maximum market share in 2024 in the small practice setting. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 12, 2006 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
JAMIA reports it will be 2024 by the time EHR adoption will reach its full potential
Statistical modeling in the recent JAMIA article Predicting the Adoption of Electronic Health Records by Physicians: When Will Health Care be Paperless? presents some interesting results.
The study focused on small practices (where most of our EHR adoption trouble happens) and used EHR adoption data from six previous studies to estimate potential future market penetration rates.
Based on their conservative models, they said:
Under current conditions, EHR adoption will reach its maximum market share in 2024 in the small practice setting. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 12, 2006 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
