{"id":1470,"date":"2014-01-28T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T12:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:56:37","slug":"ehr-the-sick-present-the-salubrious-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/blog\/ehr-the-sick-present-the-salubrious-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The central dogma of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section no\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column col-md-12 have-padding\"><div class=\"text-block \" ><div class=\"simple-text \"><h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Why Electronic Health Records ?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the avant-garde healthcare delivery trend, the utilization of <a title=\"Free EHR Support from BillingParadise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/emr-ehr-support\/\">electronic health records (EHR)<\/a> has become a mandatory. Even federal policies like <strong>HITECH (The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act<\/strong> and <strong>HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)<\/strong> are accentuating the adoption of electronic systems. The key underpinning rationale behind this emphasis is to provide quality patient care through:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Precise and absolute patient health information storage.<\/li>\n<li>Rapid care delivery.<\/li>\n<li>Improved care-coordination.<\/li>\n<li>Easy patient information exchange between patients and caregivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>EHR &#8211; The Central Dogma<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In an endeavor to reward the hospitals and other healthcare providers who meet the federal standards of healthcare delivery, \u2018meaningful use incentives\u2019 have been proclaimed. The HITECH Act permits the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to pay incentives for the providers who effectively adopt the EHR system. Thus, EHRs have become the central fragment of the U.S. healthcare reform.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>In a recent survey conducted by the \u2018<span style=\"color: #000000\">National Center for Health Statistics<\/span>\u2019:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>78 percent of physician offices used EHR in 2013, whereas in 2001 it was only 18 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Among the current EHR users, only 69 percent are interested to partake in the \u201c<a title=\"EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Program\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/nextgen\/meaningful-use.html\">meaningful use\u201d incentive program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>13 percent of the office-based physicians are well-eligible and ready to receive the meaningful use incentives in 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Another study conducted by \u2018Physicians Practice\u2019 with more than 1,200 physicians revealed the following data:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i>Workflow:<\/i><\/b><\/span> 57 percent of the physicians said that EHR has improved their practice&#8217;s workflow, while 26 said that it has made the workflow worse. 17 percent said that they didn\u2019t observe any change in their workflow pattern.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i>Return on Investment (ROI) of EHR:<\/i><\/b><\/span> 43 percent said they have enjoyed the returns from EHR investment and 57 percent said that their EHR investment went in vain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>A study report published in the \u2018Journal Medical Care\u2019 with the participation of 55 regional extension centers depicted that:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are two major hurdles in the meaningful use accomplishment:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Provider engagement.<\/li>\n<li>Intricacy to single out an EHR system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>The Proof of the Pudding<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite some rumors like \u2018<strong>EHR is a redundant addition to the current healthcare system<\/strong>\u2019, \u2018<strong>meaningful use accomplishment is impossible<\/strong>\u2019, etc., there are also some exemplars!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u201cNashville-based Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the nation\u2019s most money-spinning hospital chain, pocketed $75 million EHR incentive in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> quarter of 2013.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thus, EHR espousal is beneficial for the physicians, patients, payers and other healthcare stakeholders to make healthcare delivery accurate, faster and lucrative.<\/p>\n<div class=\"actionBox row-thirty\">\n<p><a class=\"button normal dark reverted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billingparadise.com\/pricing.html\">SIGNUP NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Get your feet wet with BillingParadise&#8217;s Customized EMR, Medical Billing and ICD-10 Coding Packages\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Electronic Health Records ? 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