Challenges and Forces Driving Adoption

Of Health Information Technology and

Electronic Healthcare Records

Michael D. Paquin, FHIMSS

www.mdpgrp.com

In this segment on Electronic Healthcare records, being sponsored by Physicians Office Resource, we will look at:

Health Care Reform and “Meaningful Use” of Health Information Technology

•        In this issue we will look at Describe national health care goals underlying CMS incentives for meaningful use of health information technology (HIT)

Why Health IT?

“Health information technology (HIT) allows comprehensive management of medical information and its secure exchange between health care consumers and providers. Broad use of HIT has the potential to improve health care quality, prevent medical errors, increase the efficiency of care provision and reduce unnecessary health care costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork, expand access to affordable care, and improve population health.”

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