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is CEO & Co-Founder of Environmental Intelligence LLC. ← Older posts Newer posts →ONC Health IT Pilot Intended To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
June 25, 2012The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a pilot program to make existing prescription drug use data available to healthcare providers and pharmacists when they treat patients during office visits and in emergency departments. The test … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Healthcare, HHS, ONC | Leave a commentAMA Evaluating Leap To ICD-11 Despite Proposed Delay Of ICD-10
June 21, 2012ICD-10 proponents are not going to like this one bit. Certainly not any more than they enjoyed my suggestion that the proposed ICD-10 deadline extension puts the U.S. healthcare industry into a strange time warp in which providers and payers … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ICD-10 | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare IT Contract
June 20, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2012 Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare Contract Providing Physician-Focused, Patient-Driven Health IT Solutions Dallas, Texas — Environmental Intelligence, LLC (EI), has been selected by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) as one … Continue reading
Posted in Press Releases | Tagged Cloud Computing, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Contract, Health IT Services, HIT Contracts, Managed Network Services, State of Texas, Texas DIR Contract | Leave a commentVoice Recognition Technology Drives Cost Savings
June 19, 2012In the article Voice recognition software helps with MU, doc says, Dr. Richard Gwinn, director of urgent care at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group in San Diego, shares his thoughts and experiences with voice recognition software. Dr. Gwinn addresses the challenges many … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, Health IT | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Technology Enhancements, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience | Leave a commentExperts Predict Outcome Of Supreme Court Ruling On Healthcare IT
June 14, 2012With the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expected by the end of this month, more and more policymakers, healthcare experts and stakeholders are becoming vocal about their predictions of the outcome. Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the … Continue reading
Posted in ACA | Tagged ACA, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Healthcare, HHS | Leave a commentBest Practices For Replacing An Existing EHR System
June 13, 2012The healthcare industry today is arguably experiencing the most change and challenges dealing with technology integration than any other industry. Health information technology is at the core of the global transition in healthcare as it’s becoming more apparent that medical … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | 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 Services, Health IT Tips, Healthcare, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices | Leave a commentCMS Administrator Credits Health Reform For Advancing ACOs
June 11, 2012If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the government would not have had the framework and authority to help support the movement toward accountable care organizations, said Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & MedicaidServices … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged ACO, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Healthcare | Leave a commentCMS EHR Incentive Payments Exceed 110,000 Providers
June 7, 2012Another milestone: The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid out $5.58 billion to 110,650 physicians and hospital in total program estimates through May 2012. Final figures will be available later this month once the Centers for Medicare … 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 Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentReported PHI Data Breaches in 2012 is Staggering
June 5, 2012As the movement to digitize the U.S. health care system continues to build strong momentum, it is imperative that physician practices and medical organizations include data security as part of their health IT strategy. What the data will show is … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, Healthcare, Managed Network Services, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentPHI Data Breaches – Can They Be Avoided?
June 4, 2012“As more doctors and hospitals go digital with medical records, the size and frequency of data breaches are alarming privacy advocates and public health officials.” This quote can be found in the first paragraph of this article:As patients’ records go … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged CMS, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HHS, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
