Physician group warns costs of digital records may threaten solo practices
While the New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center has reached a milestone in getting primary-care physicians to implement electronic health record systems, the head of a physicians group said increasing costs could halt further adoption in the state.
“For solo practitioners like me, the biggest obstacle is the cost and the amount of time you spend in implementing the system. It cost me about $30,000 of my personal earnings to do this, and for other groups it could be substantially larger,” said Dr. Salvatore Bernardo Jr., president of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians. (Eder, NJBIZ)