Are you watching the health care stimulus bill

If you are not you should be as a managed service provider. As Obama makes clearer the system / program requirements for Doctors to move to EMR systems it open a huge opportunity for Managed Service Providers. Essentially we already know that each doctor can receive thousands of dollars from the government for moving to a conforming system now we just have to see the final requirements. Not that anything in them should be a surprise, reliability, security, accessibility, backup, DISASTER RECOVERY — any of these things sound familiar. Now all you need to do is find an EMR vendor to work with and you are off to the races.

If you don’t believe me check out Inc Magazine as they noted health care as a good industry to start a new business in this economy but the same facts that they point to for starting a business in this industry scream out to the MPS as a service offering:

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Health-Care Technology

Beer, Wine, and Liquor Wholesale

Software as a Service

Home Health Care

Yoga Products and Services

Technical and Trade Schools

Fast-Casual Dining

Green Construction

Niche Consulting

Education Technology

Temporary Staffing Firms

Government Services

Accounting Services

Repair Services

Self Improvement

Energy

How sweet it is. Even in a recession, candy has been a luxury that many people can still afford. “Chocolate is a comfort food,” says Dan Johnson, owner of Choco-Logo in Buffalo, New York, which has seen retail sales rise 30 percent since last year. The confectionery industry, as a whole, grew 3.7 percent during the 52-week period ending April 19, according to the National Confectioners Association, which is pretty good considering so many industries are flat or declining. Historically, experts say, candy is one of the most recession-resistant industries and many of today’s classic brands, including Snickers, Tootsie Pops, and 3 Musketeers, all launched during the darkest days of the Great Depression, between 1930 and 1932.

Apple launched its App Store last summer, creating a whole new burgeoning industry in the process. Sales of apps in the first month topped $30 million, leading Steve Jobs to predict that the marketplace would be worth $1 billion some day. To date, companies have produced more than 30,000 applications, ranging from games such as Tap Tap Revenge to apartment-hunting help to tools for finding out the name of a song; in all, Apple has processed more than a billion downloads. To capitalize on the trend, venture-capital firms such as Kleiner Perkins have begun investing in app producers; the venerable Sand Hill Road firm has earmarked $100 million for the market.

The challenge of streamlining patient care through digitized medical records, e-prescription programs, and online hospital communication, is just now gaining momentum, giving younger companies a chance to make inroads. The federal stimulus bill pledged $19 billion to the development of a health-information tracking system. Based on that level of funding, employment in the field is expected to grow by 18 percent between now and 2016, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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So with that said I hope you all start thinking about how to make the transition for a small doctors office to an EMR system as painless as possible so that every doctors office within 50 miles of you, and I am sure there are quite a few, calls you for service when they are ready.

Josh