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is CEO & Co-Founder of Environmental Intelligence LLC. ← Older posts Newer posts →Best Practices For Rural Hospital EHR Implementation Success
January 21, 2013Rural and community hospitals should develop an effective plan of action that unites IT departments, internal administration and clinical providers to have the best chance of meeting meaningful use now and in the future. The challenges for these smaller and … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Implementation | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentMedical Organizations Calling For Revisions To Proposed Stage 3 Meaningful Use Criteria
January 18, 2013The American College of Physicians, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Texas Medical Society have joined a growing chorus of organizations calling for revisions to proposed Stage 3 meaningful-use criteria and the way future standards for the federal … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, 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, ONC, Stage 3 Meaningful Use, Stage 3 MU Proposed Rule | Leave a commentHHS Releases Final Rule – Updated HIPAA Privacy And Security Rules
January 17, 2013HHS has released the long-awaited final rule updating the privacy and security rules under (HIPAA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Referred to as the “omnibus” privacy and security rule because of its broad reach, it updates earlier HIPAA … Continue reading
Posted in HHS Final Rule | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HHS Final Rule, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Pilot Focuses On Patients’ Privacy Concerns
January 16, 2013In considering whether to participate in a health information exchange, patients want to know whether their clinical information will be shared with their insurance company and whether their more sensitive information, in addition to routine patient information, will be included. … Continue reading
Posted in Patient Privacy | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Privacy, PHI, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Announces Authorized EHR Certification Bodies For Stage 2 Meaningful Use
January 15, 2013A small milestone on the road to Stage 2 meaningful use of electronic health-record systems has been passed.The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced that it has authorized a group of ONC-Authorized Certification Bodies to … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CCHIT Certification, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Certification, 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, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentEHR Incentive Payments Now Total Over Ten Billion
January 14, 2013Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments are estimated to have blasted through $10.3 billion to a total of 180,200 physicians and hospitals through December 2012 since the program’s inception. December’s payments of $1.25 billion were driven by the largest … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentive Payments, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentFCC To Fund $400M To Healthcare Providers To Support Broadband Telehealth Networks
January 11, 2013The Federal Communications Commission will make $400 million available annually to healthcare providers to expand the development of broadband telehealth networks from a pilot to a permanent program. The pilot program has supported 50 provider healthcare networks in 38 states. The … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Broadband, Environmental Intelligence, FCC, Health IT, Health IT Services, Patient Experience, telehealth | Leave a commentCPOE Role Is Vital To Achieving Meaningful Use
January 10, 2013Once considered the leading edge of information technology, computerized physician order entry (CPOE) is now simmering on the back burner of healthcare priorities. While it is not forgotten, attention toward CPOE has been deflected in favor of other concerns, such … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, 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 Services, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience | Leave a commentONC Offerring Financial Awards For HIE “Rules of the Road”
January 9, 2013While no federal regulations for a nationwide health information network are forthcoming, HHS’ health information technology office announced that is offering financial awards to groups already working to develop health information exchange “rules of the road.” Instead of federal rule-making, … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged EHR, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, ONC Strategic Plan, PHI Security | Leave a commentCMS Exploring Electronic Submission Of Clinical Quality Measures
January 8, 2013The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) wants to explore whether hospitals will be able to begin submitting clinical quality measures through their electronic health record systems by 2014.On December 21, 2012, CMS published a Request for Information asking hospitals … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Meaningful Use | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
