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Sep

2012

Environmental Intelligence Releases September 2012 Newsletter

Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

MBAN Final Rule Positions Telemedicine To Become The Next Universal Best Practice in Healthcare

It’s official.  On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) released a final rule that officially allocates wireless spectrum for the development and deployment of mobile body area networks (MBANs).  In its final rule, the FCC will set … Continue reading

26

Sep

2012

Hospital Organizations Respond To HHS Concerns Over EHRs Fraud

Hospital organizations are responding to a stern letter sent Sept. 24 by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, which warns against using electronic health records to artificially inflate Medicare and Medicaid payments. The … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

EHR Data Sharing Test Complies with Patient Privacy Laws

The Department Veterans Affairs  and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration have demonstrated how to securely share sensitive health information via electronic health records  (EHRs). The test also showed how substance abuse and other sensitive data can be … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

ONC Names Five Permanent EHR Certifiers

Even though the new regime for testing and certifying electronic health-record systems under the federal EHR incentive program won’t take effect until October—and testing against newly released criteria might not begin until year’s end—federal authorities have given five organizations the … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

ONC Chief Addresses HIE and Interoperability Of EHRs

The capability to exchange health information that is structured and coded in standard format must exist across vendor products – and not just within single vendor EHRs within a large provider system – for true interoperability, says Farzad Mostashari, MD. … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

Environmental Intelligence, LLC Partners With RamSoft To Target State Projects In Texas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2012 Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Partners With RamSoft To Target State Projects In Texas Providing Physician-Focused, Patient-Driven® Health IT Solutions  Dallas, Texas – Environmental Intelligence, LLC has signed a distribution agreement to represent RamSoft’s radiology workflow … Continue reading

17

Sep

2012

New Study Confirms EHR Use Save Hospitals Money

It’s confirmed. Electronic health records can indeed yield marked savings for hospitals, according to a new study by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University that finds these savings depend on both the IT prowess of hospital staff and … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

ONC Chief States No Hard Cap With CMS EHR Incentive Program Payments

There are no set appropriations for how much the federal government can spend on rewarding providers who adopt and use electronic health records under the Medicare and Medicaid meaningful use EHR incentive program, according to National Coordinator for Health IT … Continue reading

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Sep

2012

Environmental Intelligence Releases August 2012 Newsletter

Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its August 2012 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: August 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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