ChangeScape, Inc
390 Park Street
Suite 110
Birmingham MI 48009
Phone:
(248) 644-7363
Fax:
(248) 644-8116
Mindy L. Richards
President
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
ChangeScape Adds
Physician IT Consulting
Practice For HITECH
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BIRMINGHAM - Health care
management advisory
company ChangeScape has
added a physician IT
consulting practice to
help physician practices
select and implement
electronic health record
systems.
"The
Health Information
Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health
(HITECH) Act and the
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
are making it possible
for physician practices
to receive up to 75
percent of the cost of
purchasing and
implementing EHRs,"
ChangeScape President
and CEO Mindy Richards
said. "Changing from a
paper-based system to an
electronic system will
call for drastic shifts
in the ways physicians
and their staff will
practice medicine and
service patients, not to
mention meeting the
meaningful use
guidelines they must
follow to become
eligible for federal
grants."
ChangeScape conducted a
survey of physician
practices in July 2009
to determine EHR use and
interest in the region.
The survey found that
122 of 302 (40 percent)
of the physician
practices that responded
to survey were using
EHRs. Of the 60 percent,
or 180, of physician
practices that were not
using EHRs, 13 percent
indicated they planned
to in the next 18
months.
"However, many of the
practices that employ
EHRs only do so in one
area, such as
e-prescribing or
medication management,
which may not meet all
of the qualifications of
meaningful use,"
Richards said. "Plus,
those who do not
implement EHRs by 2015
will be penalized with
decreased Medicare
reimbursements."
ChangeScape uses the
meaningful use
guidelines and its work
with the State of
Michigan and the
Southwest Michigan
Health Information
Exchange as guideposts
for customized
strategies for the
physician practices. It
does not sell hardware
or software but provides
the blueprints for the
most appropriate
configuration and works
with physicians and
their teams to determine
the most appropriate
solution set for their
current and future
practice needs.
So far, 36 physician
practices have called
upon ChangeScape for
assistance.
"The
decision to employ EHRs
is not an 'if,' it's a
'how soon?' ” Richards
said.
For more
information, click on
ChangeScapeInc.Com
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Author: Staff Writer
Source:
MITechNews.Com
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