IT hurrying to meet EHR deadline
March 12, 2010 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Regulations & Compliance
Hospitals and doctors’ offices have four years to convert health records into digital documents. Will they be able to make the deadline?
If they don’t, there will be a lot of money lost. The federal government has proposed $36 billion dollars in incentives to complete the task.
The problem: The feds haven’t finished writing the rules yet.
Right now, just 10% of health care facilities use electronic health records (EHRs), ComputerWorld reports. The governments offering the stimulus funds in the hopes that the number will increase to 50% by 2014.
The money will be available starting next year for facilities that can prove they’re using EHRs in a “meaningful” way. To meet the deadline, experts recommend office begin the project now, even before the government decides what that means.
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Tags: EHR, electronic health records, health care, stimulus funds
