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Calif. REC surpasses 3,000 doctors
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Jan. 24, 2011
The California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization, designated as the regional extension center for California, has signed up more 3,000 physicians, the first in the nation to enroll that many.
The organization, which operates 10 local centers throughout the state, has been tasked with helping more than 6,000 eligible professionals. It is waiving enrollment fees for all who sign up before June 30. RECs were established to help physicians select and implement an EMR system to qualify for either the Medicare or Medicaid incentive programs for meaningful use of electronic medical records.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/01/24/bibf0124.htm.
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