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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Participation in the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program: Research and Implications for Providers, Hospitals, and Public Policy Makers


Tuesday, November 5, 2013 :

Doug Johnston, Center for the Advancement of Health IT | RTI International, Waltham, MA
Cara James, PhD, Office of Minority Health, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Nicole Hewitt, PhD, CMS Office of Minority Health, CMS OMH, Baltimore, MD
Adam Vincent, MPP, Center for the Advancement of Health IT, RTI International, Waltham, MA
Matt Westlake, MS, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
Alison Banger, MPH, Center for the Advancement of Health IT, RTI International, Atlanta, GA
Cynthia Augustine, MPH, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Program planning

Learning Objectives:
Describe the most current research on EHR Incentive Program participation and EHR adoption. Define the main predictors of participation in these programs. Specifically, how demographic, organizational, technological, chronic disease burden, and other factors affect participation. Identify possible changes or adjustments to existing policies and programs that would target factors that predict low participation. Discuss additional research needs in the EHR Incentive Program.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: tba
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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