Healthcare in the 21st Century

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When it comes to healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act gets the attention, but the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the stimulus) is having a big impact as well. Due to the new Meaningful Use requirements, providers, clinics, and hospitals around the country are moving to quickly implement Electronic Health Records.

What is an EHR, and what does it mean in terms of the quality of care you can expect from your doctor? As a patient, how do the new requirements affect your access to your health information? As a clinician, what do the new quality metrics mean for your practice?

The author works as a software developer on one of the highest-rated EHR systems in the country. In this book, he shares his thoughts on the benefits of electronic health records, from both a patient and a provider perspective, as well as the challenges involved in their deployment.

This book contains four sections:
1) Electronic Health Records (An Introduction)
2) Challenges
3) HITECH and Meaningful Use
4) Accountability

This is a brief, nontechnical overview appropriate for anyone interested in electronic health records; the emphasis is on the practical benefits and challenges of implementing an EHR, along with a brief overview of policy set by the HITECH Act.