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www.HealthcareITNews.com industry news March 2008 ■ Healthcare IT News of Healthcare IT News readers who responded to the most recent News Monitor poll say President Bush and his administration have not done enough to move healthcare IT adoption forward. Eighteen percent said the Bush administration has indeed made diligent efforts to advance healthcare IT since he first mentioned IGHty-two percent News Monitor: Bush fails on healthcare It news e By RICHARD PIzzI, Associate Editor the subject in his State of the Union address in 2004. Two hundred and eighty-five people responded to the question. “Federal grants have been insufficient, and the NHIN is a waste of taxpayer dollars in the absence of faster EMR adoption by solo and small group practices,” wrote Marc Holland, program director of healthcare provider IT research at Health Industry Insights in Framingham, Mass. “Given the current adoption rate and the limited rate at which it is increasing, it is highly unlikely that all Americans will have an EHR by the president’s goal of 2014.” Most respondents had hoped for more. “The president has consistently provided lip service to HIT and EMR,” MoNItor wrote G.C. McMurray of Community Health Network in Evanston, Ill. “However, there has been little provided from President Bush in terms of serious work in the form of real leadership and establishing needed standards, as well as addressing major issues such as privacy and security. Most all of this has come from the private sector and from the last Congress.” A few readers gave the president credit, among them Jon Blasingame of Philips Healthcare: “At a time when national security was paramount, President Bush still gave the issues of healthcare – and especially healthcare information technology – his attention and support.” ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: NeWSMoNItor 0308 ● EPRESCRIBE Continued from page 3 that for the second year in a row, Massachusetts is receiving the Safe-Rx Award for its leadership in adopting this technology,” he said. “We’re clearly in the forefront on e-prescribing, and our citizens are getting better care because of it.” The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association and SureScripts bestow the Safe-Rx Award to the top 10 eprescribing states in the nation. In addition to Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Nevada have placed in the top three over the past three years. Other top 10 states this year were Delaware, Michigan, Maryland, North Carolina, Arizona, Connecticut and Washington. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: ePreScrIBe 0308 (Guess who’s coming to the rescue.)(Guess who’s coming to the rescue.)(Guess who’s coming to the rescue.) ● Your passion is caring for others. At CDW, ours is providing the technology to help you. Enovate IT Humanscale T5 Laptop Cart This cart is compatible with notebooks up to 17" and meets ergonomic requirements of most users in a sitting or standing application. Keyboard and monitor sold separately PuSH Continued from page 3 will not be in compliance with the new Medicare Modernization Act. Through GetRxConnected. com, physicians and their staffs can find out if their existing software is compliant with the new Medicare regulations and can receive a free, personalized report to help them request an electronic connection to pharmacies through their vendor. The Get Connected effort aims to help physicians meet the Medicare deadline while increasing prescription accuracy and medication safety and reducing the $8 billion phone bill caused by paper and fax prescription, the physician groups said. “Of the nearly 40 percent of AAFP members with fully adopted EHRs, less than 30 percent are sending prescriptions electronically today,” said Steven E. Waldren, MD, director of the AAFP’s Center for Health IT. “With a targeted effort, many of those users could quickly capitalize on the quality and efficiency value of e-prescribing.” “E-prescribing is a tool that can help pediatricians enter the electronic age for clinical care,” said AAP member Joseph H. Schneider, MD. “It makes sense because it improves patient safety, it’s relatively easy to use and it’s low-cost.” ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: PUSH 0308 ViewSonic VG1930wm This 19" widescreen LCD provides ample space for multiple document windows or side-by-side, full-page layouts. 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