Good move, and paying them is not a bad idea, as when you stop and look at the diminishing income of many, just like anything else out there, you pay for it.  Taking time out to attend technology meetings is also asking the physicians to establish a contributing role, and by the time you get a family practice physicians there who has been busy seeing patients all day and just the course of every day business, it takes a while to shift focus, as the IT meetings are generated at overall technology and need the input of physicians.

As has been noted, only 4% of the physicians use electronic medical records, mainly due to cost, so with those statistics it's not hard to figure out why it may be difficult to attain participation as they see the ROI much less than the insurers and others in the medical records and technology business.  BD

A growing number of CIOs are coming to the same conclusion: The best way to make sure physicians show up at I.T. committee meetings is to pay them for their time. As it prepares to roll out inpatient and outpatient records systems, Legacy Health System is forming a physician advisory council. The 10 participating physicians will be paid $120 an hour to devote four to eight hours per week to the massive project, says Dick Gibson, M.D., CIO at the Portland, Ore.-based six-hospital system. Were not just asking them to attend a monthly meeting; were asking for a weekly commitment of substantial effort on a project that will be a major leap forward for Legacy Health System, Gibson says. I cannot rely on volunteer help. The task is just too important.

Paying Doctors to Serve on Committees

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