Electronic Health Records
Article Overview The article that I chose to analyze discusses upcoming changes with the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) requirements due to the overall cost. I selected this particular article because cost seems to be playing a major factor for our office and making the decision to purchase an EHR program. It is evident that the one priority with mandating physicians and hospitals to implement EHRs into their facility was to simplify tasks while improving the quality of care that patients receive. Unfortunately, the financial aspect has resulted in some facilities not being able to meet the requirements. Throughout the article, several other areas of concerns were addressed which goes beyond the overall cost of the product.
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According to O’Donnell and Ungar (2015), “doctors and hospitals got $28 billion in federal stimulus money starting in 2011 to install EHR systems” (para 3). There were certain requirements that physicians and hospitals needed to meet in order to receive payments and for those who failed to comply the prior year, they were subjected to lose a portion of their Medicare payments. As a result of the overall financial strain that the implementation has had on many, “the Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a series of revisions to its rules that would give doctors, hospitals and tech companies more time to meet electronic record requirements” (O'Donnell & Ungar, 2015, para 5). There have been numerous complaints from those who have made the implementation stating that the money was spent on defective programs. Many programs are not network compatible which in an emergency situation, could result in the unintentional harm or death of a
Article Overview The article that I chose to analyze discusses upcoming changes with the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) requirements due to the overall cost. I selected this particular article because cost seems to be playing a major factor for our office and making the decision to purchase an EHR program. It is evident that the one priority with mandating physicians and hospitals to implement EHRs into their facility was to simplify tasks while improving the quality of care that patients receive. Unfortunately, the financial aspect has resulted in some facilities not being able to meet the requirements. Throughout the article, several other areas of concerns were addressed which goes beyond the overall cost of the product.
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According to O’Donnell and Ungar (2015), “doctors and hospitals got $28 billion in federal stimulus money starting in 2011 to install EHR systems” (para 3). There were certain requirements that physicians and hospitals needed to meet in order to receive payments and for those who failed to comply the prior year, they were subjected to lose a portion of their Medicare payments. As a result of the overall financial strain that the implementation has had on many, “the Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a series of revisions to its rules that would give doctors, hospitals and tech companies more time to meet electronic record requirements” (O'Donnell & Ungar, 2015, para 5). There have been numerous complaints from those who have made the implementation stating that the money was spent on defective programs. Many programs are not network compatible which in an emergency situation, could result in the unintentional harm or death of a