Health IT players form EHR Stimulus Alliance for physician education
Allscripts, in conjunction with Nuance Communications, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel and Intuit Microsoft, is co-launching the EHR Stimulus Alliance, aimed at educating 500,000 U.S. physicians about opportunities aligned with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 by delivering virtual and physical education programs.
"The EHR Stimulus Alliance is a unified movement toward turning the national dialogue surrounding the EHR transition into action," said John Shagoury, president of Nuance Healthcare. "Each of the partners involved has unique solutions that are crucial to EHR implementation. In our case, because most doctors speak at least three times faster than they type, speech recognition technology helps increase the meaningful use and efficiency of EHRs by decreasing physician reliance on the keyboard and mouse. By providing speech recognition as an EHR documentation option, medical records are more complete with detailed patient history and a care plan; additionally, they are not reduced to only point-and-click templates void of physician narrative."
The EHR Stimulus Tour will provide information for physicians via executive briefings, roundtables, trade show presentations, webcasts and local meetings with Alliance experts and medical groups that have already successfully adopted EHRs. Aside from answering questions about the available incentives, the tour will also provide opportunities for clinicians to learn about complementary EHR capabilities enabled by speech technology that can extend the value of an EHR investment, according to Nuance.
"Now, more than ever, it's critical that healthcare industry leaders and innovators join forces, share ideas, collaborate and educate to ensure that physicians not only take advantage of the stimulus incentives, but successfully utilize EHRs to improve our healthcare system," said Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscripts.
All stops on the tour will be captured electronically online at www.EHRStimulusTour.com.
"The EHR Stimulus Alliance is a unified movement toward turning the national dialogue surrounding the EHR transition into action," said John Shagoury, president of Nuance Healthcare. "Each of the partners involved has unique solutions that are crucial to EHR implementation. In our case, because most doctors speak at least three times faster than they type, speech recognition technology helps increase the meaningful use and efficiency of EHRs by decreasing physician reliance on the keyboard and mouse. By providing speech recognition as an EHR documentation option, medical records are more complete with detailed patient history and a care plan; additionally, they are not reduced to only point-and-click templates void of physician narrative."
The EHR Stimulus Tour will provide information for physicians via executive briefings, roundtables, trade show presentations, webcasts and local meetings with Alliance experts and medical groups that have already successfully adopted EHRs. Aside from answering questions about the available incentives, the tour will also provide opportunities for clinicians to learn about complementary EHR capabilities enabled by speech technology that can extend the value of an EHR investment, according to Nuance.
"Now, more than ever, it's critical that healthcare industry leaders and innovators join forces, share ideas, collaborate and educate to ensure that physicians not only take advantage of the stimulus incentives, but successfully utilize EHRs to improve our healthcare system," said Glen Tullman, CEO of Allscripts.
All stops on the tour will be captured electronically online at www.EHRStimulusTour.com.