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is CEO & Co-Founder of Environmental Intelligence LLC. ← Older posts Newer posts →ONC Releases Final Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan
July 10, 2013HHS has released its final plan to address patient safety issues arising from the use of health information technology. But putting in place a framework to monitor and then act on those issues remains a work in progress.One significant change, … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety | Leave a commentHIMSS Launches New Health IT Value Tool
July 9, 2013On July 18, 2013, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced the release of a new online collection of data — both quantitative and qualitative — designed to help providers, lawmakers and other stakeholders research the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentNIST Releases Voluntary Standards For IT Infrastructure Security
July 8, 2013The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is circulating a draft of voluntary standards it is developing for the critical infrastructure of IT security. The framework, when fully developed, will outline security functions and standards based on a risk-management … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Information Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Chief Speaks To The Current State Of Interoperability Progress
July 2, 2013Achieving Farzad Mostashari’s vision for a U.S. healthcare system where “every encounter and every patient has access to all the world’s knowledge” will require a balancing of standards and innovation and a combination of IT and process change. “We are … Continue reading
Posted in Health It Interoperability | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Interoperability, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT Interoperability, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentCloud Computing In Healthcare Could Generate $11 Billion In Savings
July 2, 2013While 90 percent of healthcare CIOs view IT innovation as critical to success, the more surprising statistic is that fewer than one-fourth consider their existing infrastructure capable of supporting such technological advancement. That’s according to a report from MeriTalk, published … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Application Virtualization, Cloud Computing, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Hosting, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
July 1, 2013Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentDeciphering HIPAA Omnibus Rule Breach Notification
June 26, 2013Despite the new instructions on breach notification in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there’s still plenty of uncertainty about what constitutes a “compromise” of data that triggers notification, says privacy attorney Adam Greene. As a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Omnibus Rule | Tagged Breach Notification, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Omnibus Rule, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Chief Says “No More ICD-10 Extensions”
June 25, 2013Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for healthcare IT, asserted today there would be no extension of the deadline for switching from the ICD-9 medical coding system to ICD-10. The deadline for conversion would remain Oct. 1, 2014, Mostashari said … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged CMS, 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, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentCMS Deputy Director Offers Tips On Avoiding EHR Incentive Payment Adjustments
June 24, 2013Medicare eligible professionals (EPs) who do not demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program may be subject to a payment adjustment beginning Jan. 1, 2015. For EPs who entered the program between 2011 and 2013, this year’s … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices | Leave a commentECRI Offers Ten Ways To Cut Health IT Risks
June 18, 2013ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has released a new report, Risk Managers’ 10 Strategies for Health IT Success. Click here to view report. Based on ECRI’s research and interviews with … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Best Practices | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
