Healthcare IT News March 18, 2015
It’s been almost six years since the Senate HELP Committee has revisited EHRs and interoperability, and at a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, there was an overarching theme among industry stakeholders: that talk is long past due.
We followed the near two-hour hearing that brought together physicians, researchers and vendor voices, and rounded up the big takeaways you should know about:
The EHR Incentive Programs did some good. But not enough.
Sure, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paid out nearly $30 billion in meaningful use incentives to date to hospitals and providers who have attested to meaningful use, but the regulatory requirements have been a constant burden for many physicians who are time and resource-strapped...
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