tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088775658944647818.post8107836695873577365..comments2023-07-01T05:09:05.495-04:00Comments on Practice Notes: The Physicians Practice Blog: EHR subsidies from hospitalsSara Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17451069277792152675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088775658944647818.post-2642387711345587612009-10-02T11:30:13.252-04:002009-10-02T11:30:13.252-04:00The point to be made is that there is money availa...The point to be made is that there is money available through hospitals for this purpose. The ARRA stimulus money, and future penalties, for EHR will push groups into this if they have not already seen the benefits of EHR. It's true you might not be able to do this for everyone, but not everyone will want it. If I'm a hospital, I see a great way to tie my staff closer to me by helpingbcockrell@caahms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088775658944647818.post-5240544735859363172009-09-30T09:23:27.992-04:002009-09-30T09:23:27.992-04:001- Docs often do not trust hospitals with data on ...1- Docs often do not trust hospitals with data on their office patients. One day the hospital will decide to employ docs and will "steal" all their patients.<br />2- Our local hospitals did the math and found that to provide a subsidy to every doc on staff would cost millions. They cannot limit the subsidy to the active docs so the doc on staff who comes by once a quarter for one Signaturedocnoreply@blogger.com