January 20 2012
New Mexico
42: number of hospitals in New Mexico, 29 of which are located in rural areas
31 of 33 New Mexico counties are either partially or fully designated by the NM Department of Health as Primary Care Professional Shortage Areas
512,000: NM Medicaid Beneficiaries in FY08 (26% of the state population)
316,973: NM Medicare Beneficiaries in FY08 (15% of the state population)
January 19 2012
In 2005 New Mexico Telehealth Commission determined these consequences of not having access to patient information electronically:
44,000 to 98,000 deaths per year are caused by medical errors in hospitals alone
$38 billion: the estimated costs of these errors is abut per year
770,000 people are injured each year because of adverse drug events
8% of medical errors are caused by inadequate availability of patient information
20% of lab and x-ray tests are ordered because originals cannot be found
January 18 2012
A January 13th 2012 survey released by the American Hospital Association (AHA) found that:
Four-fifths of U.S. hospitals currently intend to take advantage of federal incentive
payments for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health
records (EHR) technology
81% of hospitals plan to achieve meaningful use of EHRs and take advantage of incentive payments.
65% of U.S. hospitals project that they will enroll during Stage 1 of the federal Incentive Programs, in 2011-2012
41% of office-based physicians are currently planning to achieve
meaningful use of certified EHR technology and take advantage of the
incentive payments.
32.4% of office-based physicians responded that they will enroll
during Stage 1 of the programs.
19.8% of primary care physicians had adopted a basic EHR system in 2008
20.6% of primary care physicians had adopted a basic EHR system by 2010- a 50% increase over 2 years
48.3% of office based physicians report using all or partial EMR/EHR systems in their office-based practices
21.8% of office based physicians reported having systems that met the criteria of a
basic system, and about 6.9% reported having systems that met the
criteria of a fully functional system
January 13 2012
Counting the Money
$27 billion - Projected incentive payments to participating hospitals and providers through 2021
$44,000 - amount non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can
obtain in incentive payments under Medicare
$63,750 - amount non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can
obtain in incentive payments under Medicaid
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