The Round Rock, Texas-based company is attempting to get a piece of the EHR action by helping hospitals assist affiliated physicians with making the transition to electronic records. Two initial clients are Tufts Medical Center in Boston and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, says James Coffin, vice president of Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. As part of the effort, Dell has entered formal partnerships with two EHR vendors: Allscripts, Chicago, and eClinicalWorks, Westborough, Mass.
Both Tufts and Memorial Hermann are helping physicians adopt remotely hosted EHRs, and that's the focus of Dell's efforts, Coffin says. For example, Tufts is offering physicians an EHR hosted by eClinicalWorks, while Hermann is hosting an EHR locally. In addition, some participating hospitals may offer EHRs hosted by Perot Systems Corp., Plano, Texas, a Dell partner, Coffin adds. Tufts is helping defray a portion of certain EHR costs for physicians by taking advantage of the Stark Act exemption. Memorial Hermann has EHR projects with about 160 physicians.
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