A state nonprofit group charged with helping Ohio doctors adopt electronic health records has chosen its five preferred vendors.
The Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) has about $43 million in federal and state funding to help accomplish two key health information technology goals — set up a health information exchange network to allow doctors and hospitals across the state to more easily share patient data, and help about 6,000 doctors implement the electronic health records (EHR) systems by 2012 that will form the backbone of that exchange.
The five preferred EHR vendors are Allscripts Professional; eClinicalWorks Unified EMR/PM Solution version 8; e-MDs Solution Series 6.3.0; Next Gen Healthcare EHR; and Sage Intergy suite 6.0. More than 40 vendors applied, OHIP’s Chief Operating Officer Fred Richards said in a statement.
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Health providers in the state aren’t required to choose one of the preferred vendors in order to work with OHIP. However, those that do would be eligible for discounted rates, favorable contract terms and additional technical support, Richards said.
About $20 billion in federal stimulus dollars will flow to organizations that get hospitals and doctors’ offices ready to adopt electronic medical record technologies over the next few years.
Doctors and hospitals must show “meaningful use” of EHRs in order to be eligible for federal incentives, which has created a bit of controversy since many hospital CIOs have complained that the meaningful use requirements are too onerous.
