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Health IT Groups Cautiously Praise Stage Meaningful Use Delay

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Information technology groups offered cautious praise to the CMS for extending Stage 2 of the electronic health record incentive payment program to three years and pushing back the start of Stage 3 until at least 2017. But they also asked … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases November 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its November 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: November 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Audit Trail Policy – An Effective Tool To Prevent Unauthorized PHI Access

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When in the realm of healthcare privacy and security, electronic health records may facilitate easier data exchange and data viewing, but the systems’ audit trails make catching unauthorized viewers all the more simple, too. And, in the digital age, these … Continue reading

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Senate Bill Proposes Expanding CMS EHR Incentive Program

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Currently, mental health providers are not eligible to receive federal electronic health record incentive payments under the meaningful use program. One U.S. Senator, however, is working to change that. Ohio Republican Rob Portman recently proposed legislation, the Behavioral Health Information … Continue reading

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ONC Says Stage 2 Meaningful Use Delay Is Unlikely

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Wish there could be a delay of Stage 2 meaningful use? Talk to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. And don’t hold your breath. Responding to a written, … Continue reading

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CMS To Recover $31M In EHR Incentive Payments

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One Florida-based hospital management group is now in a rush to revise its financial statements after realizing it owes the government more than $31 million because the group recorded the hospitals’ Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments as income. … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Patient Portal Security Considerations

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As healthcare facilities launch their own patient portals, technology is only the first step. Administrators are learning that decisions need to be made on everything from patient login protocols to support for patient record revisions. HIPAA regulations, always a primary … Continue reading

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NIST To Review Data Encryption Processes Following NSA Allegations

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology—bedeviled by persistent allegations that its internationally recognized data encryption standards have been compromised by the National Security Agency—announced Friday it will undergo internal and independent formal reviews of its standards development processes for … Continue reading

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Former ONC Chief Says Meaningful Use Stage 2 Delay Unlikely

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Though he no longer has authority over meaningful use regulations, former ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, MD, warned the audience at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum not to expect a delay in Stage 2 of the government’s EHR Incentive Program. He … Continue reading

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