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October 25, 2012The findings of a new study underscore the positive correlation between high quality care in physician practices and the use of electronic health records (EHRs). Experts say the study is one of the first to examine and subsequently validate the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | 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 Services, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience | Leave a commentStudy Finds Most Hospitals Seeking HIE Solutions
October 23, 2012Some 71 percent of U.S. hospitals plan to purchase new health information exchange (HIE)solutions, according to findings from the new “2012 U.S. Health Information Exchange Study” released back on Friday, September 14, 2012. The study, commissioned by the healthcare technology … 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 Services, HIE, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentFive Benefits Of Cloud Computing To Healthcare
October 22, 2012As its name may suggest, “the cloud” is a mysterious yet increasingly ubiquitous presence in all parts of life. Realistically, its definition is simple: cloud computing takes advantage of economies of scale and resource pooling to provide massive amounts of … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services | Leave a commentCCHIT To Test And Certify Systems For HIE
October 19, 2012The Chicago-based Certification Commission for Health Information Technology will test and certify the computer systems used by health information exchange organizations and the users of those products as part of a plan for a public-private version of the proposed Nationwide … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged CCHIT, CCHIT Certification, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HIE Standards | Leave a commentSix Reasons Congressmen Call To End Meaningful Use Payments Is a Bad Idea
October 12, 2012Timing being everything and all, the four policymakers who on Oct. 4 sent a letter asking HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to stop distributing meaningful use incentives probably should have attended the Oct. 3 Bipartisan Policy Center event instead. The day … 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 Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIE, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentUS House Leaders Reaction To Stage 2 Meaningful Use Final Rule
October 5, 2012Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday, October 4, 2012. The letter clearly states that HHS should suspend incentive payments to providers in the … 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 Information Exchange, Health IT, 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, PHI Data Security, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentAHIMA Convention Makes PHI Data Security A Top Priority
October 4, 2012Why should hospitals centralize their policies and procedures for disclosing protected health information? At the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) convention Wednesday, Don E. Hardwick, client relations and compliance, MRO Corp., a document and disclosure management company in King … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases September 2012 Newsletter
September 28, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its September 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: September 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 Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Study, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Health IT Tips, HHS, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentMBAN Final Rule Positions Telemedicine To Become The Next Universal Best Practice in Healthcare
September 27, 2012It’s official. On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) released a final rule that officially allocates wireless spectrum for the development and deployment of mobile body area networks (MBANs). In its final rule, the FCC will set … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, MBANs, mHealth, telemedicine, Teleradiology | Leave a commentHospital Organizations Respond To HHS Concerns Over EHRs Fraud
September 26, 2012Hospital organizations are responding to a stern letter sent Sept. 24 by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, which warns against using electronic health records to artificially inflate Medicare and Medicaid payments. The … Continue reading
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