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Five Benefits Of Cloud Computing To Healthcare

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As its name may suggest, “the cloud” is a mysterious yet increasingly ubiquitous presence in all parts of life. Realistically, its definition is simple: cloud computing takes advantage of economies of scale and resource pooling to provide massive amounts of … Continue reading

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Six Reasons Congressmen Call To End Meaningful Use Payments Is a Bad Idea

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Timing being everything and all, the four policymakers who on Oct. 4 sent a letter asking HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to stop distributing meaningful use incentives probably should have attended the Oct. 3 Bipartisan Policy Center event instead. The day … Continue reading

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US House Leaders Reaction To Stage 2 Meaningful Use Final Rule

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Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday, October 4, 2012. The letter clearly states that HHS should suspend incentive payments to providers in the … Continue reading

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AHIMA Convention Makes PHI Data Security A Top Priority

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Why should hospitals centralize their policies and procedures for disclosing protected health information? At the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) convention Wednesday, Don E. Hardwick, client relations and compliance, MRO Corp., a document and disclosure management company in King … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases September 2012 Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Hospital Organizations Respond To HHS Concerns Over EHRs Fraud

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Hospital organizations are responding to a stern letter sent Sept. 24 by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, which warns against using electronic health records to artificially inflate Medicare and Medicaid payments. The … Continue reading

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EHR Data Sharing Test Complies with Patient Privacy Laws

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The Department Veterans Affairs  and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration have demonstrated how to securely share sensitive health information via electronic health records  (EHRs). The test also showed how substance abuse and other sensitive data can be … Continue reading

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ONC Names Five Permanent EHR Certifiers

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Even though the new regime for testing and certifying electronic health-record systems under the federal EHR incentive program won’t take effect until October—and testing against newly released criteria might not begin until year’s end—federal authorities have given five organizations the … Continue reading

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ONC Chief Addresses HIE and Interoperability Of EHRs

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The capability to exchange health information that is structured and coded in standard format must exist across vendor products – and not just within single vendor EHRs within a large provider system – for true interoperability, says Farzad Mostashari, MD. … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence, LLC Partners With RamSoft To Target State Projects In Texas

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2012 Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Partners With RamSoft To Target State Projects In Texas Providing Physician-Focused, Patient-Driven® Health IT Solutions  Dallas, Texas – Environmental Intelligence, LLC has signed a distribution agreement to represent RamSoft’s radiology workflow … Continue reading

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