Healthcare Finance News October 12, 2021
Rural providers need to upgrade “off-brand” EHRs that are no longer supported and do not connect to other systems.
Federal provider relief funds have allowed rural hospitals to spend money that otherwise would have gone to personal protection equipment and other COVID-19 needs, to something they’ve long needed: upgraded technology.
“It’s freed up money normally used out of operations, for technology investments,” said Kelly Arduino, healthcare industry leader for Wipfli, an accounting and consulting firm that specializes in the smaller healthcare space.
Arduino and her team work directly with smaller, rural hospitals, which already faced financial challenges and potential closure prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, a substantial amount of money was freed up when the Department of Health and...
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