We are going to be reporting on developments on HIT progress that are important news. Our sources reveal that HIT in healthcare is making progress. There are differing opinions on the rate of growth depending on which side of the argument you lie. Most physicians are still skeptical that the huge investment will pay the dividend claimed by vendors, CMS, insurers and the pundits, while some who have adopted EMR in their practices say they would never go back. Well, I think not if I had invested between 50 K and 100K USD and managed to persist through the adoption process successfully, or not I would be happy unless the EMR was a ‘pig in a poke’, reduced my income, and consumed more of my time being a data entry clerk.
EMRs are only going to make it easier for those who read our reports, clerks, utilization reviewers, and audits.
80 % of Internet Users Seek Health Care Information Online
Judge's Health Reform Law Ruling Could Affect Several IT Provisions
Stakeholders React to GOP Bill That Could Cut Meaningful Use Funding
Judge Voids Health Reform Law on Basis of Individual Mandate
Study Suggests Some Health Providers Lag in New Coding Transition
Job Growth in California's Health Care Sector Slowing to a Crawl Amid Ongoing Recession
Report Finds Doctors and Public Agree on Many Health IT priorities
VA seeking advice to Upgrade Health IT to Open Source Software to Upgrade Legacy Systems
States Line Up for Grants from ONC’s Health Information Exchange Challenge Program
Health IT Tools Do Not Improve Care Quality, According to Study
Publisher of Wall Street Journal Sues for Access to Medicare Data
Obama Cites Importance of Health IT in State of the Union Address
Disruptive Women in Health Care Health Care Roundup features Hope Ditto and the state of the world…disruption seems to be the key word for 2011 thus far. Health care is not alone. It is a good read!