title: IT challenges in physician practice management.
abstract: Policymakers thought after they eased Stark and antikickback statutes that hospitals would be "handing out EMRs like Halloween candy" to physician practices. It didn't happen. What are the barriers to digitizing docs? How can we move forward?
authors.affiliation: lruny@healthforum.com
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States