The current buzz about your hospitals is the ARRA Stimulus program around an EHR implementation. Many of you tell us you have an EHR and they have you covered. It should be so simple!

Our belief is your EHR will can you from 'red' to 'yellow' on a red, yellow, green scale. You will either need to contract with them, or someone else, to get you from 'yellow' to 'green'. So far, green is the only way you will get funding. This funding could be from $2 Million to $10 Million depending on several factors.

We can help you with a Gap Analysis or a HITECH Assessment. We also offer a Meaningful Use Monitor or MUM. This is a 'fee for service' that can help your compliance officer assure 100% compliance.

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In addition to the HITECH activity, Anesthesia systems are in the highlight. If your anesthesiologists work for your hospital, or are independent, it is important for their work and charges to be accurately documented and transmitted. Feedback from anesthesiologists has been positive. There is an added advantage of shared data between the anesthesia and the perioperative information systems, reducing redundant data entry and discrepancies in case times. This documentation becomes part of the EHR (Electronic Health Record) or EMR (Electronic Medical Record).

So will you capture your HITECH dollars thru an EHR or assist your Anesthologists in their work?

What's in your future?