Community oncologists, practice administrators and clinical staff interested in learning how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), otherwise known as the stimulus package, can affect health care IT plans for community-based oncology practices are invited to attend a free webinar at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. To register, visit www.MyOncologyServices.com/HIT. Registration is free, but space is limited.
To encourage adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems, ARRA offers physicians the potential to earn up to $44,000 in incentives over a five-year period when they demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHRs. In this webinar, Peter Harrison, M.D., manager of physician products at iKnowMed(TM), an oncology-specific EHR supported by US Oncology, Inc., joins Matt Brow, vice president of Corporate Communications & Government Relations for US Oncology, and Cindy Chavez, vice president of iKnowMed(TM) to discuss recent updates regarding the rules for meaningful use, EHR certification requirements, and their effect on Medicare Health Information Technology (HIT) incentives. Based on their collective years of experience in the community-based oncology industry, the speakers will offer their perspective on how these standards should be set and applied to oncology practices.