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is CEO & Co-Founder of Environmental Intelligence LLC. ← Older posts Newer posts →Not Everyone Is Pleased About Meaningful Use Extension
December 18, 2013After months of physicians, hospitals and IT groups calling for more time to complete meaningful use, the federal government has finally responded. But not everyone is pleased. On Friday, Dec. 6, hours before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services … 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHHS Ten Big New Year’s Resoltutions For 2014
December 17, 2013The Department of Health and Human Services has a few glaring management and performance issues it needs to work out in the coming year — at least according to a new report put out by the Office of Inspector General. … Continue reading
Posted in HHS | Tagged CMS, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient Experience | Leave a commentPHI Data Breaches Makes Top Five Security Concerns For 2014
December 16, 2013Every year, Coalfire, an IT governance, risk and compliance firm, names its top 5 information security and compliance predictions for the new year. And this time around, healthcare data breaches made the cut. The prediction? Expect a huge increase of … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Data Security | Tagged BYOD, Cloud Computing, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHealthcare Leaders React To ONC’s New Chief Appointment
December 13, 2013HHS appointed a new chief to head the Office of the National Coordinator on Thursday, and so far the decision has been lauded by industry leaders. Karen DeSalvo, MD, current health commissioner of New Orleans, will be taking the ONC … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentHHS, HIMSS Partner For Patient ID
December 12, 2013HIMSS is working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through HHS’ Innovator in Residence program, to develop a strategy for nationwide patient data matching. HIMSS is currently recruiting an innovator in residence to work toward an implementation … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIMSS | Leave a commentReported PHI Data Breaches Increased In 2013
December 11, 2013More than twice as many individuals have been affected by healthcare data breaches in 2013 than in 2012. And the main reason is a handful of mega-breaches this year, the current federal tally shows. But three recent large breaches that … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentCMS EHR Incentive Program Payouts Reach 17B
December 10, 2013As providers ready for meaningful use Stage 2 attestation and policymakers start designing Stage 3, CMS announced that the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs have paid out just shy of $17 billion to spur adoption thus far. As of … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | 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 Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentOIG Report Finds OCR Security Failures
December 9, 2013It’s an ironic story. The Office for Civil Rights, the division of HHS responsible for investigating HIPAA privacy and security violations, is now facing scrutiny after its own security practices failed to meet federal requirements. Not only did OCR fail … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | 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 Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, OCR, OCR Audits, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHealth IT Groups Cautiously Praise Stage Meaningful Use Delay
December 8, 2013Information technology groups offered cautious praise to the CMS for extending Stage 2 of the electronic health record incentive payment program to three years and pushing back the start of Stage 3 until at least 2017. But they also asked … 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases November 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
December 4, 2013Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its November 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: November 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 Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
