In this month’s newsletter, our topics include:
Texas DIR healthcare IT contract awarded to Environmental Intelligence, LLC
Environmental Intelligence, LLC (EI), has been selected by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) as one of a select group of IT vendors to provide a full spectrum of healthcare IT solutions to state agencies and facilities across Texas.
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AMA Evaluating Leap To ICD-11 Despite Proposed Delay Of ICD-10
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 will be finally implementing ICD-10 in the same one or two-year timeframe that ICD-11 is entering this world.
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Medical Practice Marketing – Best Practices For Attracting New Patients Using Health IT Capabilities
Effective marketing is a key play for any business, regardless of industry. Attracting new patients to a medical practice is no different. Most often, physicians market their credentials, emphasizing their education, board certifications, experience, and hospital affiliations.
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Best Practices For Replacing An Existing EHR System
The 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 organizations will not be able to effectively coordinate care without having real-time access to patient data in order to measure every aspect of care delivery.
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Voice Recognition Technology Drives Cost Savings
In 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.
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Certified IT Recycling Dramatically Reduces The Risk Of PHI Data Breaches
The 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 and procedures.
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Monthly HHS & CMS Update:
CMS EHR Incentives Reach $5.7B Through May 2012
The 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.
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White House Town Hall Highlights EHR Success Stories
Eighty-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.
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ONC To Release Updated Online Certified EHRs List
The 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 “hybrid” certified electronic health records (EHRs) and technologies.
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OCR Reminds Patients About Legal Right To Access Medical Records
The 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.
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ONC Health IT Pilot Intended To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
The 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.
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CMS Administrator Credits Health Reform For Advancing ACOs
If 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 (CMS) in a Thursday keynote.
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