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- Physicians Say They Dislike Regulations On Use Of Electronic Health Records, But They Don't Want To Go Back To Paper Records
Doctors say use of electronic health records is one factor contributing to physician dissatisfaction because it interferes with patient care, says a new study. Surveyed physicians blame EHRs for reduced quality of care, saying that their daily interaction...
- Hospitals Are Not Reporting Cases Of Harm To Patients; Electronic Health Records May Be Key To Solving The Problem
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Hospitals aren't reporting cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making it difficult for providers to identify problems and fix them, according to a report to be released by the U.S. Department of...
- Several Pieces Of Federal Health Reform Law Taking Effect In 2012
At the beginning of the new year, family doctors started facing a 1 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement if they hadn't nixed their paper-based prescription pads in favor of an electronic version. The change is part of another piece of the federal...
- Electronic Health Records Are The New Frontier In Health Care
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Just two years ago, the acronym EHR didn't mean much to many people. But since Congress passed the health-care reform law last year, physicians and hospitals have become intimately acquainted with it ? and patients...
- Uk, Central Baptist Get Millions In Federal Incentives To Use Electronic Health Records
University of Kentucky HealthCare and Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington are the first hospital systems in the United States to receive funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' electronic health records incentive program. UK...
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Kentucky center helps more than 1,000 providers get electronic health records
The Kentucky Regional Extension Center has helped more than 1,000 health care providers transition to electronic health records, with specialists advising providers so they can meet the federal standards of "Meaningful Use."
"Quick access to electronic health records can make the difference in a provider's ability to treat the patient, whether it means checking a patient's cholesterol during a routine examination or identifying a medication allergy during an emergency," said Dr. Carol Steltenkamp, who directs the KY-REC and is the chief medical officer and pediatrician at UK HealthCare.
The adoption of EHRs by providers doubled from 17 percent in 2008 to 34 percent in 2011, the National Center for Health Statistics reports. As of Nov. 30, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had paid out more than $920 million in Medicare EHR incentives and $916 in Medicaid incentives, UKNow reports. The use of electronic prescribing, which allows physicians to generate, transmit and file patient prescriptions, has increased from 0.8 percent in December 2006 to 40.2 percent in September 2011, the nation's largest e-prescribing network Surescripts reports. (Read more)
- Physicians Say They Dislike Regulations On Use Of Electronic Health Records, But They Don't Want To Go Back To Paper Records
Doctors say use of electronic health records is one factor contributing to physician dissatisfaction because it interferes with patient care, says a new study. Surveyed physicians blame EHRs for reduced quality of care, saying that their daily interaction...
- Hospitals Are Not Reporting Cases Of Harm To Patients; Electronic Health Records May Be Key To Solving The Problem
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Hospitals aren't reporting cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making it difficult for providers to identify problems and fix them, according to a report to be released by the U.S. Department of...
- Several Pieces Of Federal Health Reform Law Taking Effect In 2012
At the beginning of the new year, family doctors started facing a 1 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement if they hadn't nixed their paper-based prescription pads in favor of an electronic version. The change is part of another piece of the federal...
- Electronic Health Records Are The New Frontier In Health Care
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Just two years ago, the acronym EHR didn't mean much to many people. But since Congress passed the health-care reform law last year, physicians and hospitals have become intimately acquainted with it ? and patients...
- Uk, Central Baptist Get Millions In Federal Incentives To Use Electronic Health Records
University of Kentucky HealthCare and Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington are the first hospital systems in the United States to receive funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' electronic health records incentive program. UK...