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Blumenthal ... Physician Practice Values Will Plummet If They Don't Adopt EHRs (Electronic Health Records)
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In a rare interview with David Blumenthal, M.D., the U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC HIT), ... InformationWeek Healthcare reports ...
... While Medicare and Medicaid penalties for not using EHRs don't kick in until 2015, Blumenthal says it's important for providers to get on board with meaningful use sooner rather than later...
...Blumenthal believes physicians will see the value of their practices plummet if they don't adopt EHRs. Older doctors may have trouble selling their practices and will struggle to recruit younger doctors. "This new generation of physicians isn't going to tolerate a paper world," Blumenthal says...
...And preparing for retirement should no longer be an excuse to resist technology, according to Blumenthal. "If you're a 50- to 60-year-old physician, you're in the prime of your professional career and your patient panel is expanding. You probably want to bring on a new partner-maybe two or three-so you'll be recruiting. There's a physician shortage, so what's going to make your practice competitive?"...
Read on at:http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/EMR/showArticle.jhtm...
ENJOY!
CC
In a rare interview with David Blumenthal, M.D., the U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC HIT), ... InformationWeek Healthcare reports ...
... While Medicare and Medicaid penalties for not using EHRs don't kick in until 2015, Blumenthal says it's important for providers to get on board with meaningful use sooner rather than later...
...Blumenthal believes physicians will see the value of their practices plummet if they don't adopt EHRs. Older doctors may have trouble selling their practices and will struggle to recruit younger doctors. "This new generation of physicians isn't going to tolerate a paper world," Blumenthal says...
...And preparing for retirement should no longer be an excuse to resist technology, according to Blumenthal. "If you're a 50- to 60-year-old physician, you're in the prime of your professional career and your patient panel is expanding. You probably want to bring on a new partner-maybe two or three-so you'll be recruiting. There's a physician shortage, so what's going to make your practice competitive?"...
Read on at:http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/EMR/showArticle.jhtm...
ENJOY!
CC
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