http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:57:48 -0500 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-12703 Time To Link Health Care Reimbursement to IT Adoption? at Technology News Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:22:33 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/#comment-12703 [...] Original post by DaveN [...] [...] Original post by DaveN [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-12633 myhealthinsuranceguy Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:08:47 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/#comment-12633 Bonuses to practices who use EHR functions to improve quality in their delivery of care? This sounds similar to "pay for performance" initiatives I hear the health insurance companies talking about. Does this reduce individual patients to numbers on a spreadsheet... will it impair the quality of care rather than improve it? I am very suspicious of any cost-reducing proposal which attempts to "increase quality". Bonuses to practices who use EHR functions to improve quality in their delivery of care? This sounds similar to “pay for performance” initiatives I hear the health insurance companies talking about. Does this reduce individual patients to numbers on a spreadsheet… will it impair the quality of care rather than improve it? I am very suspicious of any cost-reducing proposal which attempts to “increase quality”.

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-12506 HEALTH IT: Time To Link Health Care Reimbursement To IT Adoption? Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:33:39 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/#comment-12506 [...] Original post by Health Affairs Blog [...] [...] Original post by Health Affairs Blog [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-12503 Affiliates » Blog Archive » HEALTH IT: Time To Link Health Care Reimbursement To IT Adoption? Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:47:29 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/12/05/health-it-time-to-link-health-care-reimbursement-to-it-adoption/#comment-12503 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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