Electronic Health Records: From Evaluation to Implementation
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) commits over $180 billion for healthcare spending, with approximately $23 billion dedicated to health IT. The legislation created the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT) and immediately allocated $2 billion as jumpstart funds for the implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR). This funding, allocated over four years, represents a 30-fold increase in the ONCHIT’s 2008 budget. Undoubtedly, this new funding will have an accelerating impact on the implementation of EHRs.
With approximately $23 billion to be spent on grants and incentive payments to those providers who demonstrate meaningful use, it pays to be an early EHR adopter. Late adopters will receive smaller incentive payments and will be penalized through decreased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements starting in 2016.
The cost of doing nothing is real. Implementing an effective EHR system requires a holistic approach to your total IT infrastructure. Each component of the chain must work in concert; if there is just one weak link, the system can fall short of your objectives and the meaningful use mandate within the ARRA. Hospitals and physicians choose to work with Dell Services because of our unique ability to view your technology, business, and clinical processes side-by-side. In short, we provide fully integrated solutions across the full spectrum of your business including clinical, financial, and administrative processes.
The largest methodology component of our framework is our proprietary ADOPTS (Assess, Design, Optimize, Prepare, Transform, Sustain) methodology. ADOPTS encompasses major activities and key work products that guide the organization through your clinical transformation effort and drive sustainable change.
With approximately $23 billion to be spent on grants and incentive payments to those providers who demonstrate meaningful use, it pays to be an early EHR adopter. Late adopters will receive smaller incentive payments and will be penalized through decreased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements starting in 2016.
The cost of doing nothing is real. Implementing an effective EHR system requires a holistic approach to your total IT infrastructure. Each component of the chain must work in concert; if there is just one weak link, the system can fall short of your objectives and the meaningful use mandate within the ARRA. Hospitals and physicians choose to work with Dell Services because of our unique ability to view your technology, business, and clinical processes side-by-side. In short, we provide fully integrated solutions across the full spectrum of your business including clinical, financial, and administrative processes.
The largest methodology component of our framework is our proprietary ADOPTS (Assess, Design, Optimize, Prepare, Transform, Sustain) methodology. ADOPTS encompasses major activities and key work products that guide the organization through your clinical transformation effort and drive sustainable change.