1. Mid-Atlantic Health wants to develop and IT architecture that links the medical center’s EMR with the EMR’s of local physician practices and other hospitals in the region. For the small physician practices and clinics, implementing an EMR is expensive.
2. In regards to the medical lockbox, Joe, the CFO, is worried that the bank has a limited understanding of healthcare financing in regards to the benefit structure of claims being different for each insurance carrier as well as HIPAA regulations regarding privacy and security.
Joe does not want/think the bank can handle sole responsibility for Mid-Atlantic’s financial functions.