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05
Oct
2011
The number of physicians and hospitals that have registered for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program has surpassed 100,000, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Click on the link to view entire article … Continue reading
03
Oct
2011
WASHINGTON – HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday $83.9 million in grants to 45 organizations to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health records and other health information technology systems. Click on the link to view entire article written … Continue reading
30
Sep
2011
The last day that physicians and other eligible professionals can start their 90-day reporting period this year for the Medicare electronic health records (EHRs) incentive program is Oct. 3. Click on the link to view entire article written by Mary … Continue reading
28
Sep
2011
ATLANTA – Billian Publishing has launched HITR.com, a healthcare IT benchmarking and social networking community for providers and vendors. HITR, which stands for Health Information Technology Research, offers research targeted toward stakeholders in healthcare IT. Click on the link to … Continue reading
27
Sep
2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to establish an appeals process for the Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive program. Click on the link to view the complete article written by Mary Mosquera with Government Health IT: CMS … Continue reading
26
Sep
2011
Effective marketing is a key play for any business, regardless of industry. Attracting new patients to a medical practice is no different. Most often, physicians market their credentials, emphasizing their education, board certifications, experience, and hospital affiliations. Also, many physicians … Continue reading
22
Sep
2011
With sweeping health reform came a laundry list of technology promising to save time, better the environment, and improve patient care. And as more of it is implemented, we learn what works best and what … doesn’t. Click on the … Continue reading
21
Sep
2011
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 illustrating what can be accomplished when physicians use electronic health records (EHR) technology rather than paper records. The EHR study consisted of a survey of 27,000 … Continue reading
20
Sep
2011
Patient consent is one of the thornier issues in healthcare today. The benefits of patients allowing providers to share their data and those providers, in turn, playing nicely with competitors, stand to improve care both for individuals and global populations … Continue reading
19
Sep
2011
Here is a follow up to last week’s HHS National Health It Week. Sept. 12 was a big day for healthcare IT. Federal officials hosted a consumer health IT summit, jam-packed with new initiatives to advance HIT. The event was … Continue reading
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