Mather Highlights EHR and Meaningful Use Education

The heat is on!  Attestation for Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records began in April, and the first ARRA Medicare incentive payments to providers were disbursed in May.  Opportunities to learn more about electronic health records and the practice of medicine in this community are coming up over the next two weeks.

·         Thursday, June 9^th 12 noon at Jefferson’s Ferry – Mather’s Physician Engagement Team will host its second quarterly EHR Summit / Physicians & Office Manager’s Luncheon.  Join Mather CMIO, Dr. Joseph Ng, other physician colleagues from the community, and me for friendly conversation around best practices in EHR selection and implementation.  Learn what you need to know to help your practice succeed in this time of great change and innovation.

·         Next Thursday evening, June 16^th, from 6 pm – 8:30 in CR 1 & 2 at Mather, our Medical Society of the State of New York is sponsoring a 2 hour CME program on Health Information Technology Implementation and Meaningful Use.  Salvatore Volpe, M.D., a  primary care physician, whose practice was one of the first practices in New York State to be recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Home will be the guest speaker.  Also invited is Steven Lisker of CMS who will speak to the Meaningful Use Criteria in ARRA. 

• All day Thursday, June 16^th, at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale, the New York State eHealth Collaborative continues its Spring series of educational events, aimed specifically at physician practices still using paper records AND practices with Electronic Health Record systems preparing to qualify for Meaningful  Use.  Details here at Matherdoc.org .