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Jun

2012

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. The test … Continue reading

21

Jun

2012

AMA Evaluating Leap To ICD-11 Despite Proposed Delay Of ICD-10

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

20

Jun

2012

Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare IT Contract

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

19

Jun

2012

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. Dr. Gwinn addresses the challenges many … Continue reading

14

Jun

2012

Experts Predict Outcome Of Supreme Court Ruling On Healthcare IT

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

13

Jun

2012

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 … Continue reading

11

Jun

2012

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 … Continue reading

07

Jun

2012

CMS EHR Incentive Payments Exceed 110,000 Providers

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

05

Jun

2012

Reported PHI Data Breaches in 2012 is Staggering

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

04

Jun

2012

PHI Data Breaches – Can They Be Avoided?

“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

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