CMS seeks provider input on LTC’s EHR use

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is asking long-term care providers to weigh in on electronic health record (EHR) system adoption and the use of health information exchanges (HIEs). The agency has provided an online survey to gather feedback on how health information technologies—especially EHRs—are being used to support clinical care delivery and to improve transitions of care.

Although the survey data will help CMS understand the roles played by health information technology in long-term and post-acute care settings, the data “will also identify both the benefits and the gaps hindering provider participation in programs that promote care coordination, such as the participation in HIE,” the survey’s introduction states.

The survey is voluntary, and individual responses will not be made public, CMS says. The survey period runs through March 3.

Visit the CMS health IT survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3T9MV3J

Pamela Tabar

Pamela Tabar was editor-in-chief of I Advance Senior Care from 2013-2018. She has worked as a writer and editor for healthcare business media since 1998, including as News Editor of Healthcare Informatics. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master’s degree in English from the University of York, England.