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May
2012
Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
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May
2012
Healthcare providers need health information exchange to be fully automated and easy to do in order to scale up sharing of patient data to improve care, according to Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology. Some steps … Continue reading
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May
2012
Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments have tipped the scales at over $5 billion to 93,650 physicians and hospitals in total program estimates through April. Final figures will be available later this this month as progress “continues apace,” according … Continue reading
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May
2012
The Federal Communications Commission voted today to set aside protected broadband spectrum for wireless medical devices known as medical body area networks (MBANs). These sensors can monitor and read a patient’s vital signs wirelessly. By eliminating the cables that restrict … Continue reading
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May
2012
For the first time ever, the United States Olympic Committee will use electronic medical records rather than paper charts to manage care for more that 700 athletes at the summer games. The USOC announced Thursday that it will deploy GE’s … Continue reading
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May
2012
The window for submitting comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) for Meaningful Use Stage 2 has officially closed. The deadline for submitting comments on the CMS NPRM for Meaningful Use Stage … Continue reading
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May
2012
The American Medical Association (AMA) has asked the federal government to delay the implementation deadline for ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, until Oct. 1, 2015, “at a minimum.” The AMA asked for this two-year compliance deadline in a May 10 … Continue reading
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May
2012
Federal officials will soon consider a plan to set aside broadband spectrum for wireless healthcare monitoring devices, opening the door to more and better uses both inside and outside the hospital setting. At a Thursday morning press briefing at George … Continue reading
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May
2012
The Department of Health and Human Services has made available an online tool that makes it easy for the public to monitor and measure how the nation’s healthcare system is performing. The Health System Measurement Project enables policymakers, providers and … Continue reading
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May
2012
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is calling for public comment on proposals for rules of the road to govern the nationwide health information network(NwHIN). ONC will use the comments to help it develop a notice … Continue reading
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