Turnkey EHR
The Turnkey Electronic Health Record (EHR) provides a comprehensive
solution with a single point of accountability that “insulates”
your hospital from physician specific issues.
The JHD Group will manage the Practice Management/EHR initiative from beginning
to end (womb to tomb) including initial readiness assessments through remedial
training of Physician Office staff and post implementation refinements. This
approach is much more comprehensive than “implementation only” offerings.
Incentives under the recent American
Investment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA),
combined with future penalties for not using an EHR (by 2015), will reduce one
of the major barriers to adoption: Cost.
JHD Group’s turnkey offering will
reduce the second major barrier: Difficulty with implementation and maintainability.
The Turnkey EHR will be significantly easier to implement,
more standardized and less costly than other options.
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Why Now?
The bonuses available under the ARRA
provide up to $44,000 per physician if the physician is
able to certify “meaningful use” by 2011. After that date
the incentives drop off each year until converting to penalties
in 2016.
In addition, in October 2006, the federal government
enacted a “Safe Harbor” policy related to the Stark Regulations,
allowing hospitals to donate Electronic Health Record (EHR)
related hardware, software, Internet connectivity, implementation
and training, and support services to physicians.
The nature
of these combined incentives creates a window between now
and 2014 where acting on an EHR implementation provides
a one-time, low risk opportunity for both hospitals and
physicians.
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