Comments on: Part One: Stage One Meaningful Use Winners

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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:42:13 +0000

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By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:28:48 +0000

Sucks that RHIO’s and HIE’s are placed on the backburners, although there is some mention of them in 2012 as a possible automated Data reporting method (page 168), but with a July 1, 2011 dealine for standards, it leaves alot of RHIO’s standing around.

It is nice that they recognize RHIO’s as “promoting EHR’s”, and as such can receive funds from EP’s through medicaid (page 292).

In one way, it’s nice that they scaled back, but without a ‘need’ for a RHIO at this juncture, I wonder what will become of the current RHIO’s that were hoping that “Meaningful Use” would give them the push they needed to get off of the ground.

By: Medisoft

Medisoft — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:17:48 +0000

Long term winners will be patients. Meaningful use of EMR’s will (should at least) result in better patient management.

By: John Lynn

John Lynn — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:54:24 +0000

Nice list. Hits a number of the Big Winners I wrote about back in February: http://www.emrandhipaa.com/emr-and-hipaa/2009/02/19/big-winners-from-obama-ehr-stimulus-hitech/ However, you add some other niche companies that I agree are going to be big winners.

As a side note, I’m working on a conference this coming year that I’d love for you to participate in: http://www.emrandhipaa.com/emr-and-hipaa/2009/12/12/emr-stimulus-selection-and-implementation-conference/ I also hope you’re planning on being at HIMSS and we can have a chance to meet in person.

By: John

John — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:53:50 +0000

Jack, believe that among the majority of providers this will be seen more as a burden not as a gift/incentive. There will be those practices, such as Greenway in Portland OR who are already completely paperless that will benefit, but this is a very small minority.

More broadly, consolidation of providers into ever larger IDNs will continue regardless of the HITECH Act – much larger market forcing functions at play here than the incentives for HIT adoption.

By: Jack Beaudoin

Jack Beaudoin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:36:49 +0000

John,

What about the winners among providers? Do you think the move will accelerate the trends toward greater physician employment by hospitals and IDNs? How about consolidation of smaller hospitals into bigger systems?

Both of these trends seem to be independent of HITECH, but may be accelerated by the value of the incentives to hospitals.

Jack