Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Electronic health records (EHRs) are coming. The federal government plans to make EHRs available to all Americans by 2014. Health care practitioners who are not part of the emerging EHR network risk being shut out of the health care system. For more information, please see the links below:
- How to Implement EHRs (https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/ehr-implementation-steps)
- American Optometric Association EHR Information Page (http://www.aoa.org/)
- Medi-Cal EHR Program (http://medi-cal.ehr.ca.gov/)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (https://www.cms.gov/)
- Department of Healthcare Services – Information Regarding Medi-Cal EHR Incentive Program (http://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/newsroom/newsroom_11790.asp)
