Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health IT
Health IT is worth the investment
Health information technology (HIT) is changing the delivery of health care. The federal government has spent billions of dollars to assist physicians and hospitals use HIT to improve outcomes. and a recent one found that HIT also has positive financial benefits Continue Reading …
Electronic Medical Records
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/media/aaem-epa-podcast-episode-11.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with Continue Reading …
EHR’s & Physician Productivity
A majority of doctors are dissatisfied with EHRs citing productivity losses. But a new study debunks their feelings. The revolution in health information technology (HIT) holds the promise of improving patient care. Since the passage of the Health Information Technology Continue Reading …
EHR Update: Hospitals (2013)
Less than half of the nation’s hospitals have met the criteria for meaningful use of electronic health records. The US health care system is undergoing a substantial overhaul to the way clinicians, clinics, and hospitals record, track, and share health Continue Reading …
EHR Update: Doctors (2013)
In 2009 the HITECH Act provided $30 billion to support the expansion of . In 2011, the Medicare EHR Incentive began providing payments to providers who adopted EHRs with a minimal set of “meaningful use” capabilities. Early indicators suggest these Continue Reading …
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