For a limited time, North Shore-LIJ will subsidize up to 85% of the EHR’s implementation cost and monthly operational fees for 60 months.
Who’s eligible for this offer?
To be eligible for the 85% subsidy, physicians will be asked to:
This gathering and sharing of information is solely for the purposes of assessing the health status of the patients we serve in order to support quality-improvement initiatives designed to drive clinical excellence and improvements in the health of our patients. It’s a positive partnership in the service of better care.
Another EHR possibility
If a physician decides he or she does not want to participate in the clinically integrated quality improvement component of this offer, the many advantages of Allscripts EHR is still available at a reduced subsidy from North Shore-LIJ of 50%.
Additional aid from the HITECH Act
Federal incentives – as much as $44,000 over a multi-year period for individuals in private practice – are also currently in play, linked to the HITECH Act in the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Since the government’s incentive program for EHR is front loaded – with 70% of the incentive funds coming in the first two years – there is extra incentive to take advantage of these offers soon.
For physicians in our network, the incentives from the economic stimulus coupled with North Shore-LIJ’s subsidies, will dramatically lower the cost of implementing an EHR.