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September 3, 2013One warm night in mid-July, more than 4 million patient records breezed out the door of the Advocate Medical Group administrative office in Park Ridge, Ill., in the arms of an unidentified thief who stole four computers from the largest … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Encryption Solutions, Encryption Technology, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases August 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
August 30, 2013Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its August 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: August 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, Meaningful Use, ONC, PHI Data Security, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentHIMSS Makes The Case To Extend Stage 2 Meaningful Use
August 26, 2013With an array of industry groups anxiously calling for a delay of meaningful use Stage 2, HIMSS has made the case for a more nuanced approach, asking federal officials to launch Stage 2 on schedule but extend year one of … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentLatest Plea To Delay MU Stage 2 Comes From The AAFP
August 15, 2013The American Academy of Family Physicians has appealed to CMS to delay the meaningful use Stage 2 timeline by one year. Otherwise, AAFP notes in the Aug. 7 letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, the program is likely to “outstrip … 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, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS Reports EHR Incentive Payouts Climb
August 9, 2013The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serives (CMS) has paid more than $9.3 billion in Medicare EHR Incentive Program payments between May 2011 and June 2013, according to the recent release of the latest program statistics. More than $5.8 billion … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, 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, ONC | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases July 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
July 31, 2013Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its June 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: July 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, Meaningful Use, PHI, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC Begins Work On MU Stage 3 HIE Standards
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 comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
