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May 3, 2012In this article: 5 ways to avoid harming patients with health IT, the contributor does an effective job of offering five ways poor healthcare IT implementation could harm patients. One of the opinions expressed in this article is: healthcare IT … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Implementation | Tagged 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 Services, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience | Leave a commentGAO Urges CMS To Tighten Meaningful Use Verification
May 2, 2012There is room for improving how the government measures whether hospitals and physicians have met the requirements for meaningful use of EHRs to prevent improper payments, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO made four recommendations to CMS … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentCHIME Position: More Preparation is Needed for Stage 2
May 1, 2012CHIME, which represents 1,400 healthcare CIOs across the country, is asking the government for more preparation time to demonstrate Stage 2 meaningful use, hoping to make sure the reporting is just so. With the May 7 deadline looming for submitting … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Technology Enhancements, 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 Chief Says: ‘Keep our eyes on the prize’
April 30, 2012The changes taking place in U.S. healthcare as a result of rapid healthcare IT adoption leave the nation’s health IT chief Farzad Mostashari optimistic – especially about improving quality, he told the audience at a meeting of the National Quality … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, 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, ONC Strategic Plan, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases April 2012 Newsletter
April 30, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS Update: EHR Incentive Payments Tally $4.5B To Date
April 23, 2012The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid $4.5 billion to 76,612 physicians and hospitals in incentive payments through March 2012. Of that amount, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid out $339.9 million for Medicare eligible … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, 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 | Leave a commentFive Ways Overturning ACA Would Affect Health IT
April 23, 2012If the Supreme Court were to overturn the health reform law, five areas in the statute that rely heavily on health IT tools could lose funding for their implementation. Striking the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged ACA, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS | Leave a commentHealth IT Policy Committee Cautious About Federal HIE Proposals
April 16, 2012The Health IT Policy Committee has concerns over some of the health information exchange requirements contained in the meaningful use Stage 2 proposed rule. At the committee’s April 4 meeting, the group hashed out some of the HIE requirements as … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT Policy, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC to stand up NwHIN Exchange in October
April 13, 2012If you’re still trying to understand exactly what the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) is, take comfort. You’re not alone. But the canvas – often impressionistic if not downright abstract – is on the verge of manifesting a certain focus … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, HIT, ONC | Leave a commentHIMSS Study Reveals PHI Breaches Are On The Rise
April 12, 2012A recent study from HIMSS Analytics and Kroll Advisory Solutions found that medical organizations are far behind with respect to having sound privacy protections in place. The study along with data from The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the department … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Information Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Consulting, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Managed Network Services, medical practice best practices, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
