At Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:28:04 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Let's say that MetroHealth system works on a 60% fee for service/ 40% >capitation model for physician re-imbursement. >Let's further suppose that downward price pressure (can anyone say >Medicare/Medicaid cuts?) is reducing fee for service aggregate revenue. >Then, as a physician, the economic incentive is to see more patients and >that might mean spending less time/patient doing data input.
The other element of physician income that drives computerisation here in the UK is target payments for achievement in the practice population for things like immunisations, cervical screening, ischaemic heart disease secondary prevention etc. Very difficult to achieve without computerisation. D. -- Douglas Carnall +44 (0) 207 241 1255 +44 (0) 7900 212 881 http://carnall.org
