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February 19, 2013Electronic health records (EHRs) have to be usable and useful by physicians and integrate with hospitals’ or practices’ other systems to benefit providers or else the money spent on them is just wasted. A Physician Focused, Patient Driven®approach to EHR … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentONC Working To Fix EHR Stage 2 MU Testing Tool
February 15, 2013The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS is acknowledging that some snags on its end are creating a bottleneck in its program to ensure that electronic health record systems used by hospitals, office-based physicians and … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentStudy Finds EHR’s Help Reduce Medicaid Costs
February 14, 2013Tracking Medicaid beneficiaries who frequently use emergency departments and adopting electronic tracking systems to exchange patient information is among one of the ways states can cut Medicaid costs, according to a new report by the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA). … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Study, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Patient Experience | Leave a commentONC Standards Committee Weighs In On MU Stage 3
February 12, 2013The Office of the National Coordinator’s Health IT Standards Committee is urging ONC leaders to lean towards menu options and certification for use cases on Stage 3 meaningful use rather than core requirements, and to especially keep in mind that … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentAHA Recommends Changes To Stage 2 MU CQMs Reporting
February 8, 2013The American Hospital Association (AHA) has recommended changes to an interim Stage 2 final rule, with a focus on easing clinical quality measure reporting for certain hospitals, officials announced last week. The group is pressing the Centers for Medicare and … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentStudy Finds EHR Implementation Is A Top Priority For CIO’s
February 7, 2013EHR implementation, meaningful use and compliance are the top three healthcare CIO priorities for 2013, according to a study released Feb. 4 by Level 3. The study found that EHR implementations are both their single biggest challenge and priority for … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Implementation | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience | Leave a commentThe ONC Details Plan To Engage Patients On E-Health
February 6, 2013As a new generation of seniors enters Medicare and millions of lower-income Americans gain Medicaid or private insurance for the first time in 2014, federal officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT are trying to help … Continue reading
Posted in e-Health | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, e-Health, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentThe FAH Urges Field Testing Of Electronic Quality Measures Reporting
February 5, 2013The Federation of American Hospitals supports goals outlined by the CMS to harmonize reporting of clinical quality measures, but warned that selected measures should be field-tested before being implemented as part of national quality reporting and payment programs.The Washington, D.C.-based … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged Clinical Quality Measures, CMS, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ICD-10, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Chief Highlights ROI In HIE
February 4, 2013The business value for providers and patients is what will drive health information exchange forward, even though most discussions typically center on the technology involved. And different uses for exchange will require different technologies. That was the sentiment of many … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS Announces New ACO Contracts
February 1, 2013Medicare nearly doubled the size of one accountable care program as of Jan. 1 with 106 new ACO contracts that offer hospitals and doctors financial incentives to improve quality and slow health spending. Click here to view new ACO contracts … Continue reading
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