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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 commentNo Encyption Leads To Second Largest Healthcare Data Breach
August 27, 2013The recent theft of four unencrypted desktop computers from a Chicago area physician group practice may result in the second biggest healthcare breach ever reported to federal regulators. But the bigger issue is: Why do breaches involving unencrypted computer devices … 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, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security | 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 commentPerspectives On Cloud Computing And HIPAA Compliance In Healthcare
August 22, 2013There is a fair amount of uncertainty about adopting cloud services in healthcare, especially around sensitive health data. While the federal government’s rules are complicated, we know for a fact there’s nothing inherently dangerous about the technology. The term “cloud … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, cloud hosting, cloud services, 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 Breaches, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentBest Practices For Healthcare Organizations To Be HIPAA Audit Ready
August 21, 2013Keeping risk assessment documentation and other compliance evidence in a centralized repository is a good way to prepare for any HIPAA audit or investigation, says Mark Dill, Cleveland Clinic’s security leader. While the Cleveland Clinic was not one of the … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Business Associate, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Omnibus Rule, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, PHI, PHI Data Security | 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 commentONC Begins Work On E-Clinical Quality Measures Policy For MU Stage 3
August 8, 2013Looking ahead several years to Meaningful Use Stage 3, the ONC Health IT Policy Committee is considering policies for e-clinical quality measures and the data intermediaries and standards to support them. The Policy Committee’s Quality Measures Workgroup is tasked with … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged e-clinical quality measures, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | 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 comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
