Title :
Methodology to assist physicians in the selection of electronic health records software
Author :
Piliouras, Teresa ; Fortino, Andres ; Andonov, Michael ; Huang, Housheng
Author_Institution :
Polytech. Inst., New York Univ., Hawthorne, NY, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and associated reimbursement incentives that are being offered to promote wide scale adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) software by physicians and hospitals. A methodology is described to help physicians select EHR software that meets their practice needs, and complies with new government standards for meaningful use that must be satisfied in order to qualify for ARRA incentives.
Keywords :
incentive schemes; medical administrative data processing; socio-economic effects; ARRA incentives; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; EHR software; electronic health records software; physician assistance; reimbursement incentives; Costs; Dentistry; Government; Hospitals; Legislation; Medical services; Medical treatment; Software quality; Software standards; Surgery; ARRA; CCHIT; EHR software; Electronic Health Records; HL7; ROI calculation; evaluation criteria; meaningful use; software selection methodology;
Conference_Titel :
Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), 2010 Long Island Systems
Conference_Location :
Farmingdale, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5548-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5550-8
DOI :
10.1109/LISAT.2010.5478273
