EHR Adoption Rates Jump for Solo Practices For the first time, medical practices with one or two physicians are the fastest-growing segment for adoption of electronic health records. Meaningful use incentives and adequate preparation time to meet them have contributed to the rise. Helping Doctors Keep Human Touch Electronic health records are considered the [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the annual meeting of the Renal Physicians Association in Washington, DC. The cherry blossoms were radiant and, in spite of fantastic weather, the presentations were very well attended. Highlights of the meeting from my perspective included an excellent presentation by the AMA’s Nancy Spector regarding the ICD-10 [...]
The EHR: It’s About Our Patients, Not Technology A message to all physicians from Robert M. Wah, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees emphasizing that health IT is not a technology “project”; it is about taking full advantage of these new capabilities and using them to achieve better, more effective and cost-efficient patient [...]