Government can best facilitate adoption of electronic health records with grant funding, development of national standards, and payment incentives.
These findings are the result of research by HFMA, amplified by two roundtable discussions with senior financial executives that were conducted by HFMA in collaboration with David Brailer, MD, PhD, National Health Information Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Brailer has been charged with realizing the Bush administration’s plans for fully realized electronic health records by 2014.
Fifteen healthcare executives from across the country participated in the roundtable discussions in Arlington, Va. The roundtables were facilitated by HFMA to initiate dialogue between Brailer and providers on the challenges that providers face in acquiring and implementing EHR systems, as well as ways in which government can facilitate the universal adoption of EHRs.
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