>By Mandira Srivastava, TMCnet Contributor
In order to boost shares of around $20 billion in federal incentives received through the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, doctors, nurse practitioners and other primary care providers from Ocean City to Garrett County in Maryland are starting the transition from paper to electronic health records, or EHRs.
According to a press release, CRISP is offering subsidized technical assistance to 1,000 primary care providers transitioning to EHRs by 2014. It is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to offer safer, timelier, efficient, effective, equitable, patient-centered health care to all Marylanders through health information technology.
“Governor O’Malley and I have made implementing electronic health records one of our 15 strategic goals because health IT will help reduce costs while improving care for Marylanders,” said Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown, co-chair of Maryland’s Health Care Reform Coordinating Council.
He added, “Right now, Maryland health care providers have a valuable opportunity to take advantage of federal dollars to transition to electronic health records, but they must act quickly as these programs are available on a first-come, first-served basis and slots are filling up.”
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