Hospitals start to help doctors buy EHRs
Posted by Ken Terry on September 14th, 2007. Filed under: EHR, allscripts, appalachian regional healthcare, EMR, hospitals, infotech09142007, patient_data, st_francis_hospital.
It’s taken hospitals a while, but many of them are finally taking advantage of the relaxed Stark rules to subsidize EHR purchases by non-employed physicians on their staffs. According to Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscripts, about a third of U.S. hospitals are exploring or using this new opportunity. His company alone, he says, is “actively working with dozens of hospital clients across the country on Stark-related initiatives.” Most of this activity, he adds, has occurred within the past six months. continues…
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