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January 13, 2014Meaningful use — it’s not just for healthcare providers anymore. Patients are paying attention to what meaningful use of electronic health data entails and why it’s important; they’re understanding, and now they want it. The federal government’s ambitious plan to … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience | Leave a commentMeaningful Use is Good for Business
January 10, 2014Remember the old days? Way back before 2009? Healthcare had some catching up to do. But no one quite knew just how to do it. So much of the industry was still paper based. Where technology was deployed, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a comment2014 Outlook On Health IT
January 8, 2014Hospital leaders and office-based physicians will face daunting Healthcare Information Technology stress tests in the coming year. One test is underway for some, who have to meet stepped-up Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria for electronic health-record systems. For hospitals that had … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a comment2014 – The Year For HIE
January 7, 2014The growth of the cloud, the emergence of payers and the race to analytics now present several large challenges to health information exchange organizations, Chilmark Research argues in a “baker’s dozen” of 2014 forecasts. The Meaningful Use (MU) stage two … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentStudy Finds EHRs Help Physicians Improve Patient Care
January 6, 2014A new study in the journal Health Services Research finds nearly three-quarters of physicians using electronic health records in 2011 said there were clinical benefits when patients’ medical histories were kept in digital files. The study focused on doctors’ perceptions … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentStage 3 MU Is Driving Health IT Interoperability
January 3, 2014The push for meaningful use Stage 3 has reached a point where a confluence of power structures are ready for more breakthroughs – hence, the impetus for collaboration among IHE USA, ONC and S&I Framework, officials from these groups say. … Continue reading
Posted in Health It Interoperability | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Interoperability, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Interoperability, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases December 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
December 31, 2013Happy New Year! Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its December 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: December 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHHS, CMS Release New Rule To Extend Anti-Kickback Exemption For EHR’s Thru 2021
December 30, 2013In a year-end set of new regulations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of EHR costs for physicians, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentCan Health IT Catch Up By Slowing Down?
December 27, 2013With the disappointing news this month that Stage 2 of EHR meaningful use will be extended and Stage 3 delayed, frustrated doctors, patients and policymakers should expect the unfortunate reality of the government subsidizing systems that don’t talk to one … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentCMS, ONC Extend Meaningful Use
December 26, 2013A joint CMS and ONC blog post today divulges the government’s intentions to extend the timeline for meaningful use Stages 2 and 3. “Under the revised schedule, Stage 2 would be extended through 2016 and Stage 3 would begin in … 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
