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The new jobs will be for peopl who would work alongside physicians as trainers andsuppor staff. They will help doctorsz convert from writing paper prescriptions to usingelectronic prescribing, accordin g to a release from PaperFree Tampa Bay, a new public/privatre partnership. The effort is a first step towardd implementing connected electronic health records to improve patientt safety andcut costs, the release The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is the $787 billionn stimulus approved by Congress and signed by Presidenr Obama. It includes $2 billion in grants and loans to buildIT infrastructure.
and will fund the initial phase of PaperFreeTampa Bay’as program, which will target 3,200 physicianzs in Hillsborough County, the release Once stimulus dollars become available, the program will be expanded to a 10-counthy region, allowing additional hiring to the release said. Those counties includr DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) said the communityh would get high-wage healtn industry jobs, while also investing in the future of sciencsand technology.
Federal law allowsx the to pay physiciansbetween $44,000 and $64,000 over five beginning in 2011, to deploy and use electronic healthj records to care for patients. In addition, federal law providesx about $3,500 in annual financial incentived for doctorswho e-prescribe now, and will impose penalties on those who do not e-prescribe by the release said. Less than 10 percent of physiciand inthe U.S. currently write prescriptions therelease said. The initiative will providse to doctors free softwarefrom Allscripts- MDRX), a Chicago-based softwar firm.
It will draw on research on how physicianzs respond to change conducted by USF which includesthe 's colleges of nursing and public health; the schools of biomedical sciencesw as well as physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences; and the . USF
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