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December 8, 2013Information 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
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 IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases November 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
December 4, 2013Environmental 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
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentAudit Trail Policy – An Effective Tool To Prevent Unauthorized PHI Access
November 27, 2013When 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
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentSenate Bill Proposes Expanding CMS EHR Incentive Program
November 26, 2013Currently, 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
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 Says Stage 2 Meaningful Use Delay Is Unlikely
November 22, 2013Wish 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
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, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS To Recover $31M In EHR Incentive Payments
November 8, 2013One 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
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 commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
November 7, 2013Environmental 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
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentPatient Portal Security Considerations
November 4, 2013As 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
Posted in Health IT Data Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, 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, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentNIST To Review Data Encryption Processes Following NSA Allegations
November 1, 2013The 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
Posted in Health IT Data Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentFormer ONC Chief Says Meaningful Use Stage 2 Delay Unlikely
October 18, 2013Though 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
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 IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →