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WellDoc, which develops technology solutions to improve chronic disease management and reduce healthcare costs, announced Monday the first integration of a clinically-tested mHealth coaching platform with an electronic health records system.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 103 state and specialty medical societies are urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise the Medicare e-prescribing penalty policy, which would penalize physicians in 2012 if they don't e-prescribe in the first six months of 2011.
The University of Michigan Health System reports that a four-year Medicare physician group demonstration project, similar to an accountable care organization, has saved more than $15 million in the cost of care.
CDC survey shows that 50.7 percent of physicians in 2010 used some type of EHR compared with 48.3 percent in 2009.
About 90 percent of healthcare providers that purchased electronic medical records technology are off track to meet their meaningful use implementation goals, according to the 2011 Black Book Ranking's user survey.
The Alaska eHealth Network, Alaska's statewide health information exchange, has tapped Santa Monica, Calif.-based Orion Health as its primary technology provider, with the purchase Orion's HIE solution. AeHN will deploy the technology as a hosted, software-as-a-service model.
Physician practices may face total EHR adoption costs of $120,000 per physician, according to a new survey, which finds that the speed with which a practice fully implements its EHR and shifts to the new, accelerated workflow is critical to reducing the overall cost of adoption.
A recent report by Frost & Sullivan has shown that the United Kingdom is at the forefront of introducing eHealth initiatives in Europe. The report, titled E-Healthcare Initiatives in the United Kingdom, focuses on the UK’s successful implementation of several eHealth projects and the challenges of launching such projects nationwide.
Results from three CMS demonstrations included EHR use for small and solo physician practices, large physician practices and hospitals.
The Marshfield Clinic is among 10 large physician groups participating in a Medicare demonstration project that have shown they can provide top quality of patient care while saving Medicare millions of dollars. Central to its performance, say Marshfield executives, is its electronic health record system.