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June 26, 2012The administration’s top enforcer of health information privacy and security has issued an official reminder that patients have a legal right to access their medical records, and they should use it. Patients can also print the single-page memo to take … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, OCR, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI | Leave a commentAMA Evaluating Leap To ICD-11 Despite Proposed Delay Of ICD-10
June 21, 2012ICD-10 proponents are not going to like this one bit. Certainly not any more than they enjoyed my suggestion that the proposed ICD-10 deadline extension puts the U.S. healthcare industry into a strange time warp in which providers and payers … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ICD-10 | Leave a commentCMS Administrator Credits Health Reform For Advancing ACOs
June 11, 2012If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the government would not have had the framework and authority to help support the movement toward accountable care organizations, said Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & MedicaidServices … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged ACO, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Healthcare | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases May 2012 Newsletter
May 31, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its May 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: May 2012 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 Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Healthcare, HHS, HIE, HIE Standards, HIT, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC Chief Mostashari Comments On HIE Proposed Rule
May 30, 2012Healthcare providers need health information exchange to be fully automated and easy to do in order to scale up sharing of patient data to improve care, according to Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology. Some steps … 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 Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience | Leave a commentFCC Vote Paves The Road For Wireless Medical Devices
May 29, 2012The Federal Communications Commission voted today to set aside protected broadband spectrum for wireless medical devices known as medical body area networks (MBANs). These sensors can monitor and read a patient’s vital signs wirelessly. By eliminating the cables that restrict … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Cordinated Care, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Healthcare, Patient Experience | Leave a commentAMA Asks CMS For 2-year Extension of ICD-10 Deadline
May 24, 2012The American Medical Association (AMA) has asked the federal government to delay the implementation deadline for ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, until Oct. 1, 2015, “at a minimum.” The AMA asked for this two-year compliance deadline in a May 10 … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged AMA, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ICD-10 | Leave a commentFCC To Vote On Broadband Space For Patient Monitoring
May 21, 2012Federal officials will soon consider a plan to set aside broadband spectrum for wireless healthcare monitoring devices, opening the door to more and better uses both inside and outside the hospital setting. At a Thursday morning press briefing at George … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Healthcare | Leave a commentAHIMA – CHIME Submit Comments On Proposed Rule For ICD-10 Delay
May 10, 2012On April 24, 2012 the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) filed a comment letterwith the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner in response to a section of a proposed rule … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, HHS, ICD-10 | Leave a commentHIMSS Calls For Shorter Reporting Period In Meaningful Use Stage 2
May 9, 2012Calling for more flexible timelines and greater alignment between federal and state reporting requirements, HIMSS on Monday, May 7th submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, responding to two notices of proposed rulemaking on Stage 2 meaningful … Continue reading
Posted in EHR 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 | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
