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July 29, 2013Health information exchange is emphasized in Meaningful Use Stage 2, and it’s set to get even more priority in Stage 3, as the ONC looks to enable a sort of nationwide health information exchange. As the Health IT Policy Committee … 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 Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentSenate Hearing Participants Call For Delaying MU Stage 2
July 26, 2013Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., began the Senate Finance Committee hearing on health IT with a thomas Edison quote: “Vision with out execution is hallucination.” Following last week’s call from Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to pause the meaningful use program and … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, 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 commentONC Releases 2014 Health IT Privacy & Security Priorities
July 24, 2013Want to know what the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s privacy and security priorities are for the coming year? Then take a look at the ONC’s new report to Congress. Click here to view the ONC report. … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentFirst Wave Of IHE – ICSA Labs Interoperability Certifications Announced
July 22, 2013A certification program launched earlier this year at the IHE North American Connectathon, designed to promote interoperability among vendors, has certified its first batch of health IT products, officials from IHE and ICSA Labs announced Tuesday. Under the certification program, … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Interoperability, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HIPAA Compliance | Leave a commentCMS Administrator Says EHR’s Are Transforming Doctor-Patient Relationships
July 17, 2013Providers are increasingly using electronic health records, both to manage their patients’ care and to provide more information to those patients, according to new data published Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Already, approximately 80 percent of … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Patient Experience | Leave a commentMany Physician Practices Are “Ripping and Replacing” Their EHR Systems
July 16, 2013So far, 2013 has been billed as the year for EHR dissatisfaction, with up to 23 percent of physician practices reporting they were trading in their current EHR system for a new brand altogether. According to a new Black Book … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Cloud Hosting, 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 commentAHA Calls For Eletronic Clinical Quality Measures Reporting Slowdown
July 15, 2013As many hospitals are struggling to generate clinical quality measures, the American Hospital Association is calling for slowing the pace of transitioning to electronic reporting. In a report, released July 25, the AHA calls for “redirecting” the existing requirements for … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged 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, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC Unveils New Health IT 2014 Edition Standards Certification Mark
July 11, 2013As we reach the “tipping point” of electronic health record adoption, the Office of the National Coordinator has issued a mark for EHRs and other health IT products, meant to serve as visual proof that they can offer functionality, interoperability … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | 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, Health IT Standards, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentONC Releases Final Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan
July 10, 2013HHS has released its final plan to address patient safety issues arising from the use of health information technology. But putting in place a framework to monitor and then act on those issues remains a work in progress.One significant change, … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety | Leave a commentHIMSS Launches New Health IT Value Tool
July 9, 2013On July 18, 2013, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced the release of a new online collection of data — both quantitative and qualitative — designed to help providers, lawmakers and other stakeholders research the value of … Continue reading
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