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Avera
Health and South Dakota e-Health Collaborative to
Participate in National EHR Demonstration Project To
further advance health care I.T., the federal
government is awarding financial incentives to
physicians who efficiently use electronic health
records (EHRs) to improve patient care. During a
June 13th press conference in Sioux Falls, SD,
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael
Leavitt discussed the state's selection as one of
12 communities to take part in a national EHR
demonstration project to determine whether
incentives can encourage small and medium-sized
physician practices to increase their use of EHRs.
"We believe EHRs can help physicians deliver
better, more efficient care for their patients,
in part by reducing medical errors," Leavitt
said. "This project is designed to
demonstrate these benefits and help increase the
use of this technology in practices where
adoption has been the slowest - at the individual
and small practice level."
South Dakota was chosen in part due to its rural
profile and concentration of physicians in small
to mid-size practices. Practices selected must
have fewer than 20 providers. In addition, the
state's proposal includes providers in adjacent
areas of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa,
making the application even more attractive
because it involves a larger geographic area,
Leavitt said.
Agencies and health systems throughout the region,
known collectively as the South Dakota e-Health
Collaborative, cooperated to apply for the
program. MEDITECH and LSS customer Avera Health (Sioux
Falls, SD) was involved in the creation of this
group and its proposal, which secured the state's
selection in the demonstration project. As the
region's largest health system - with more than
230 locations in eastern South Dakota and
surrounding states - their participation will be
vital to the project's success.
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