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Health IT and
EHR Adoption and Funding Opportunities
Louisiana
Recently, President Obama released a $3.8 trillion
budget proposal that includes about $110 million to
bolster health IT adoption and research activities,
Healthcare IT News reports (Healthcare IT
News, 2/2).
Cathy Denison, PhD and Associates
Professional Services, Inc. (Denison and Associates)
offer a one-stop center that provides comprehensive
consulting services and technical assistance
concerning Health IT.
"History has shown that things that
improve healthcare become part of what is used,"
Blumenthal said. "I propose to you that in a few
years doctors will all support EHRs," he said.
"Using EHRs will become a core competency for
physicians. And once we've established that, it will
be considered an absolute requisite."
Blumenthal compared the kick-off of
federal incentives for meaningful use of electronic
health records in 2011 to boarding an escalator. "I
think we're going to see the upward slope of the
adoption curve within a year or two; but it will be
difficult to predict the slope," he said.
Denison and Associates provides the
following:
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An overview of
federal and state policy,
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Specialized
information on incentive payments and
certification criteria for 'meaningful use'.
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An
understanding of “meaningful use' and how it
will effect payment opportunities
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Can provide
updates and strategies for organizations (of any
size) to gain maximum benefit from the ARRA
incentives and programs
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Information
and access to ARRA and Stimulus programs and
federal funding
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Expertise to
quickly train health IT professionals to help
health care organizations meet the "meaningful
use" deadlines.
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Support for
HIT and EHR investments (planned or purchased)
"Health information technology can
make our health care system more efficient and
improve the quality of care we all receive," said
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.
There will be millions more “Recovery Act” awards to
help health care providers advance the adoption and
meaningful use of health information technology (IT)
and train workers for the health care jobs of the
future.
Our assistance at the state, regional, and national
levels will assist health care providers' efforts to
adopt and use electronic health records (EHRs) in a
meaningful manner that has the potential to improve
the quality and efficiency of health care for all
Americans.
Contact our Award-Winning professionals for pricing
estimates on the professional services that we can
provide you.
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