Monthly Archives: April 2012
← Older postsONC Chief Says: ‘Keep our eyes on the prize’
April 30, 2012The changes taking place in U.S. healthcare as a result of rapid healthcare IT adoption leave the nation’s health IT chief Farzad Mostashari optimistic – especially about improving quality, he told the audience at a meeting of the National Quality … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, ONC Strategic Plan, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases April 2012 Newsletter
April 30, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentTransaction Technology Critical To Meaningful Use Stage 2
April 27, 2012Health IT is at a critical juncture with the technical NPRM for Stage 2 of meaningful use (MU). There have always been questions about whether enough standards, implementation guidance, and policies would be expressed ahead of the huge HITECH EHR … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Health Information Exchange, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentBest Practices for PHI Data Security and Selecting the Right Cloud Computing Provider
April 27, 2012In recent months, cloud computing is a topic that is getting a lot of attention especially when applying the technology in healthcare. Cloud computing is becoming more attractive to medical organizations predominately due to the benefits that the technology offers … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Security | Leave a commentLatest HIPAA Violation Affects Phoenix Based Practice
April 25, 2012On April 19, 2012 the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported that a Phoenix based cardiology practice has agreed to pay HHS a $100,000 settlement for violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. What is alarming about this … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Information Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, Managed Network Services, medical practice best practices | Leave a commentCMS: 5 Ways ACA Will Save Medicare $200 Billion
April 24, 2012A new report indicates that the Affordable Care Act will save Medicare more than $200 billion through 2016, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Monday. According to the report from CMS’ Office of the Actuary, the ACA achieves … Continue reading
Posted in ACA | Tagged ACA, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services | Leave a commentCMS Update: EHR Incentive Payments Tally $4.5B To Date
April 23, 2012The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid $4.5 billion to 76,612 physicians and hospitals in incentive payments through March 2012. Of that amount, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid out $339.9 million for Medicare eligible … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentFive Ways Overturning ACA Would Affect Health IT
April 23, 2012If the Supreme Court were to overturn the health reform law, five areas in the statute that rely heavily on health IT tools could lose funding for their implementation. Striking the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged ACA, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS | Leave a commentHealth IT Policy Committee Cautious About Federal HIE Proposals
April 16, 2012The Health IT Policy Committee has concerns over some of the health information exchange requirements contained in the meaningful use Stage 2 proposed rule. At the committee’s April 4 meeting, the group hashed out some of the HIE requirements as … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT Policy, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC to stand up NwHIN Exchange in October
April 13, 2012If you’re still trying to understand exactly what the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) is, take comfort. You’re not alone. But the canvas – often impressionistic if not downright abstract – is on the verge of manifesting a certain focus … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, HIT, ONC | Leave a comment ← Older posts
