EHR Decisions

John D. Halamka, MD, MS, has been talking to colleagues in Massachusetts about how they found funding electronic health record purchases:

Over the past two months, I’ve written about Electronic Health Record project management, architecture, planning, technology, and staffing, but the hardest part of the entire project is “What’s it going to cost and who’s going to pay”. Stark safe harbors allow hospitals to support up to 85% of startup and implementation costs, excluding physician office hardware.

The systems Halamka highlights include Beth Israel Deaconess, Caritas, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mt. Auburn Hospital, New England Baptist Hospital, Partners Healthcare System, and Winchester Hospital. To read about their experiences, visit “Electronic Health Records for non-owned doctors - Funding.”