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March 26, 2013While Tuesday marks the effective date of a host of new federal privacy and security rules, including extending legal liability to business associates of healthcare providers and restoring a measure of patient control over disclosure of their records, compliance won’t … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHealth IT Now Coalition Says Congressional Hearings Were Promising
March 25, 2013The Health IT Now Coalition says that last week’s three days of hearings on healthcare IT held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss the potential effects of current and a potentially new regulatory framework for health information … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, Patient Experience | Leave a commentEHR Incentive Payments Reach $12 Billion
March 18, 2013With some healthcare providers now into their second year of meaningful use reporting, Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments were estimated at $12.3 billion paid to a total of 219,000 physicians and hospitals through the end of February 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | 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, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Chief Reinforces Commitment to Health IT
March 14, 2013The day after President Bill Clinton told the HIMSS13 audience that the healthcare system was broken, but could be fixed, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, MD, offered a personal example of that broken system: his Mom. Mostashari launched his own keynote … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged 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 commentHealth IT Seen As Vital To Payment, Delivery Reform
March 12, 2013The CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are absolutely committed to using health information technology as a foundation for healthcare system payment and delivery reform.That was the message put forth Tuesday morning at the … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentMU Stage 2 Should Alleviate Some HIE Confusion
March 11, 2013The meaningful use Stage 2 standards are expected to reduce some of the confusion associated with health information exchange. Some of that confusion, including questions over a public or private exchange model, consent management, structured data use and challenges to … 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, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentUS Sequester Will Affect Medicare EHR Incentive Program
March 6, 2013The fiscal trap that members of Congress and the president set for themselves will punch a 2% hole in one of the federal electronic health-record incentive payment programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a federal official has confirmed.The … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | 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 commentCMS To Explore New Electronic Transaction Standards
March 6, 2013Although new HIPAA electronic transaction standards have been put on the backburner, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun the process of mapping out how those new standards will function. Part of that process is to figure … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HIPAA 5010, HIT | Leave a commentThe TMA Calling For a Federal HIT Safety Czar
March 5, 2013The Texas Medical Association is calling for appointment of a federal health information technology safety czar, while the American Medical Association wants to see more health IT safety research focused on systems in ambulatory care.The requests from the largest state … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentCHIME Urges ONC To Focus More On Patient Safety
March 4, 2013The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is urging the federal government to ensure that patients are matched correctly to their health information. CHIME said it agreed with ONC that, “the accurate and efficient matching of patients to their … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged 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, ONC, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
