More than four in five office-based physicians could qualify for federal electronic health record incentives

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-480

  Bruen, Brian K ^a   Ku, Leighton ^a   Burke, Matthew F ^b   Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955486095     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0932     Document Type: Article

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