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Mar

2012

Scorecard Reveals Wide Disparities in Care Across the U.S.

Healthcare access, cost, quality and outcomes can vary greatly from one community to the next, both within states and across states, depending on the performance of the healthcare system available to residents, according to a new report from the Commonwealth … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

Spotlight – ONC Chief Dr. Farzad Mostashari

A fantastic article written by Russ Mitchell and featured on Kaiser Health News – Farzad Mostashari: Man On A Digital Mission, offers everyone involved in healthcare great insight into the man charged with changing the U.S. healthcare system in the … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

ONC Chief Rankled Over HIT Survey Conclusions

At the HIT Policy Committee meeting on March 7, Farzad Mostashari, federal health IT czar, expressed strong disagreement over a new health IT survey published in the March issue of Health Affairs. Click on the link to view entire article … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

No Surprises With Release Of The Proposed Rule For Stage 2 Meaningful Use

After much anticipation among providers and health IT vendors throughout the U.S. healthcare landscape, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally released its proposed rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use of electronic health records (EHR) on February 23, … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

Best Practices to Minimize Cash Flow Disruptions Due to ICD-10

When any business is involved with a major system conversion, at risk is the potential disruption to cash flow, resulting in a negative impact to the bottom line. With the current ICD-10 implementation deadline of October 1, 2013 quickly approaching, … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

Measures: Surprising HIT Opportunities in Obama’s Federal Budget

The recent release of the President’s 2013 federal budget indicates a robust market for industry in the health IT marketplace. The 2013 budget request is estimated at $11.8B, for instance, a slight increase from the 2012 levels of $11.6B. This … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

Survey Names Top Five States for Physician EHR Adoption

Forty-one percent of Oregon’s physicians have adopted electronic health records, according to a new report by researchers from the Doctors Company. Following Oregon for physician adoption are Georgia at 39 percent, Florida at 37 percent, Washington at 35 percent and … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

Toolkit Offers Physician Practices Help with Data Exchange

The release of the proposed rule for EHR Stage 2 Meaningful Use has brought clarity to medical organizations and physicians that Stage 2 is laser focused on interoperability and health information exchange. As physician practices continue to invest and deploy … Continue reading →

Mar

2012

Edifecs Survey Finds ICD-10 Delay Will Be Problematic

In a recent article, ICD-10 Conflict Taking the Form of a World Heavyweight Title Fight, a downside noted was “any significant delay to the current ICD-10 implementation deadline could raise the implementation cost to medical practices.” A survey conducted by … Continue reading →

Feb

2012