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Note: N.Y. health insurer adds $1 million to the pot to help specialists implement electronic health records, qualify for Meaningful Use, and use health information exchange.
7 Patient Education Tools (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Health insurance provider Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP) recently announced that it will offer $1 million to help 800 specialists within its network implement health IT. The money builds on more than $10 million that the company has already invested to help its providers digitize their medical records and support interoperability of clinical data.
Officials at the Albany, N.Y.-based health plan said the latest awards will pay for consultation services to help specialists select electronic health records (EHRs), attest to Meaningful Use, and connect to the Health Information Exchange of New York (HIXNY).
For specialists who are further along in their...