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is CEO & Co-Founder of Environmental Intelligence LLC. ← Older posts Newer posts →FCC Broadband Vote Ushers In A New Era For Telemedicine
July 6, 2012At a meeting held on May 24, 2012, The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) voted to allow the healthcare industry to use protected broadband space to develop and deploy mobile body area networks (MBANs). MBAN’s will set aside broadband spectrum for … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, FCC, Health IT Services, Healthcare, MBANs, Patient Experience, telemedicine | Leave a commentOCR Wramps Up HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits
July 5, 2012Federal enforcers are preparing to audit healthcare organizations for how well they establish and follow privacy and security practices and data breach notification standards. The Office of Civil Rights published the procedures to be assessed when examiners conduct performance audits … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, medical practice best practices, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHarvard Study Finds EHR Adoption Reduces Malpractice Claims
July 3, 2012A study by Harvard Medical School researchers, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that Massachusetts physicians who used electronic health records saw a reduction in malpractice claims. Correlation does not imply causation, of course. But the report’s authors … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Adoption | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Study, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services | Leave a commentHealth IT Firms And Organizations Ready To Move Forward After Supreme Court Decision
June 29, 2012The Supreme Court brought down its gavel June 28 in favor of the Affordable Care Act, and most healthcare IT stakeholders are ready to put the uncertainty behind them and move on. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) President … Continue reading
Posted in ACA | Tagged ACA, ARRA, 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, Healthcare, HHS, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases June 2012 Newsletter
June 29, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its June 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: June 2012 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 Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Technology Enhancements, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIT, ICD-10, ICD-11, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security, State of Texas, Texas DIR Contract | Leave a commentCMS EHR Incentives Reach $5.7B Through May 2012
June 27, 2012The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the agency has paid out more than $5.7 billion in incentives to eligible providers for the meaningful use of electronic health records. The update, released June 19, showed more than 100,000 … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, 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 commentWhite House Town Hall Highlights EHR Success Stories
June 27, 2012Eighty-two healthcare providers from across the country will be recognized for their successful implementation of electronic health record (EHR) technology at Tuesday’s White House Health IT Town Hall in Washington, DC. At the town hall, senior White House and HHS … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Implementation | Tagged CMS, 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 Policy, Health IT Services, Healthcare, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentCertified IT Recycling Dramatically Reduces The Risk Of PHI Data Breaches
June 26, 2012The article, How to avoid a health data spill when recycling IT, Steve Skurnac, President, SIMS Recycling Solutions, does a fine job offering the background, justification and the importance for medical organizations to develop and implement sound IT recycling policies … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Certified It Recycling, Destruction Beyond Hard Drives, Environmental Intelligence, HDD, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, Healthcare, HIPAA Compliance, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentOCR Reminds Patients About Legal Right To Access Medical Records
June 26, 2012The administration’s top enforcer of health information privacy and security has issued an official reminder that patients have a legal right to access their medical records, and they should use it. Patients can also print the single-page memo to take … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, OCR, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI | Leave a commentONC To Release Updated Online Certified EHRs List
June 25, 2012The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is releasing a new version of its online Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) that introduces new features to help providers, including the functionality to support information and identification of … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, ONC-ATCB Certification | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
