Vendor interface fees fighting MU progress
EHR vendors are charging providers exorbitant prices to interface systems to allow for data sharing, thwarting the goals of the Meaningful Use program. The additional costs were not foreseen during the bipartisan congressional push to create the federal incentive program and the expense is now imperiling the broad efforts to reform healthcare.
Politico spoke to several providers and other stakeholders on the subject:
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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.