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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. The test … Continue reading →
ICD-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 →
FOR 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 →
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. Dr. Gwinn addresses the challenges many … Continue reading →
With 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 →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Another 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 →
As 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 →
“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 →