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A Preliminary BC/BS Cost-Benefit Analysis
By Staff Reporters 
BlueCross-BlueShield of Massachusetts recently announced that it will not require physicians to install or use electronic medical records [EMRs] to participate in its new bonus program. The health plan came to the conclusion that the financial benefits of office-based electronic medical records systems are just not worth the cost to doctors.
Little Office-Based Value
Relying on information from past studies, the American Medical Association [AMA] estimated that office-based doctors see only 11 cents of every dollar saved through the use of information technology, according to AMNews reports.
More Hospital Value
But, the Massachusetts Blues did find value in health information technology [HIT] that physicians would need to use, as its own cost-benefit analysis concluded that computerized physician order entry makes financial sense in the hospital and enterprise-wide healthcare setting.
Assessment
The MA-Blues will require hospitals and health systems to install computerized physician order entry systems [CPOEs] by 2012, in order to participate in the bonus program.
Conclusion
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Interesting EMR Report?
Did you know that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is selecting health information technology vendors for electronically reporting measurement data in pilot tests of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
The two CMS pilots that will occur during calendar year 2008 will separately evaluate patient registries and electronic health records (EHRs) as tools to facilitate physician reporting under PQRI.
The company, DocSite is one of 18 vendors selected to pilot test registries and EHRs and the only company participating in both pilots. The American College of Cardiology (ACC), which was selected in the registry category, uses DocSite technology as part of its Improving Continuous Cardiac Care (IC3) initiative, the first office-based quality improvement program of the National Cardiovascular Data.
And so, how does this square with the above post; are we even on the same page when it comes to EMRs?
-Debra
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