Healthcare DIVE April 28, 2016
Meg Bryant
Despite the growing use of EHRs in recent years, major hurdles remain to widespread adoption in the U.S. According to a recent report to Congress by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, barriers include inconsistent EHR adoption across the healthcare continuum, lack of interoperability, lack of national policies to support health information exchange and issues with health data security and usability.
CMS’ EHR Incentive Program compensates eligible doctors and hospitals as they adopt, implement, upgrade and show meaningful use of certified EHR systems. The agency’s Regional Extension Centers program is also helping to fuel adoption by supporting on-the-ground assistance for physicians transitioning to EHRs.
But while these incentives have been quite effective at driving EHR adoption...
Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act),
ACO (Accountable Care),
CMS,
EMR / EHR,
Health System / Hospital,
HIE (Interoperability),
HITECH,
Medicare,
Patient / Consumer,
Payer,
Physician,
Population Health Mgmt,
Primary care,
Provider,
RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt),
Regulations,
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