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Tips On What Not To Do In A Meaningful Use Audit

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We’ve all seen articles, interviews, and blog posts telling hospitals how to be prepared for potential audits of their meaningful use incentives. “Lessons learned” and “best practices” abound in an attempt to give advice about protecting those EHR incentives from … Continue reading

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ONC Exceeds Meaningful Use Goal For Rural Providers

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Is the EHR digital divide between robust tech-savvy large health networks and the smaller rural and critical access hospitals as deep and craggy as we keep hearing it is? Perhaps, but there has been substantive progress to date. ONC, in … Continue reading

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Six Ways For Boosting EHR Usability

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EHR usability is among the greatest barriers to digitizing America’s healthcare system. Electronic health records present a push toward modernization – transformation even –  but to fulfill the promise, industry insiders say, the clunky technology has to be made easier … Continue reading

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Despite Current Government Shutdown Meaningful Use Stage 2 Begins

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Despite the government shutdown, Stage 2 of the HITECH Act financial incentive program for electronic health records, which includes new security and privacy requirements, kicks off for hospitals on Oct. 1 as planned, federal officials confirm. Stage 2 is slated … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases September 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its September 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: September 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Preview Of Outcomes For Meaningful Use Stage 3

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As eligible providers throughout the healthcare industry prepares for the start of Meaningful Use Stage 2 in January 2013 of the CMS EHR Incentive Program, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is starting to design Meaningful Use Stage 3 … Continue reading

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FDA Releases Final Rule On Mobile Health Apps

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued final guidance for mobile medical application developers, promising limited regulation for most health and wellness apps while applying risk-based standards to diagnostic and quasi-medical device apps. Click here to view Final Rule. … Continue reading

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The ONC Will Remain Important Post Meaningful Use

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You would be justified in wondering whether the Office of the National Coordinator might soon see its influence wane since EHR adoption having reached critical mass and meaningful use incentive funding dwindling toward the halfway point. But you’d be wrong, … Continue reading

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The ACA Becomes The Latest Organization Calling For A Meaningful Use Stage 2 Delay

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The American College of Physicians has become the most recent group to press the government for a delay in Stage 2 meaningful use requirements, citing among several other concerns, EHR certification and implementation issues. The ACP describes itself as the … Continue reading

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Medical Organization Experiences Big Financial Wins With EHR Technology

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The physician and medical director for informatics at Worcester, Mass.-based Reliant Medical Group has seen electronic health records make big, real life changes both financially and clinically, and now he’s set out to spread the word. At the iHT2 Health IT … Continue reading

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