Title

The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act: Lessons Learned From Physicians Who Have Gone Electronic

Keywords

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; health care informatics

Abstract

The recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Act) is a landmark piece of legislation that will shape health care informatics in the United States for the foreseeable future. The Act provides financial incentives to hospitals and physicians who upgrade their medical record systems by implementing electronic versions. This article defines health care informatics, outlines the provisions of the Act and associated incentives that are available to hospitals and physicians, discusses the advantages and barriers related to upgrading to an electronic medical records system that have been identified in the literature, and details several case studies where small physician group practices put electronic medical records systems into operation. The analysis of these cases shows that the challenges faced by the physicians and practice administrators reinforce the key challenges identified in the literature. Given these seemingly common impediments, suggestions for overcoming such challenges are summarized. These key lessons should be of interest to any practice looking to upgrade their medical records system. © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Publication Date

10-1-2010

Publication Title

Health Care Manager

Volume

29

Issue

4

Number of Pages

332-338

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/HCM.0b013e3181fa04c8

Socpus ID

78649298108 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/78649298108

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