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Certified IT Recycling Dramatically Reduces The Risk Of PHI Data Breaches

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The article, How to avoid a health data spill when recycling IT, Steve Skurnac, President, SIMS Recycling Solutions, does a fine job offering the background, justification and the importance for medical organizations to develop and implement sound IT recycling policies … Continue reading

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OCR Reminds Patients About Legal Right To Access Medical Records

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The 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

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ONC To Release Updated Online Certified EHRs List

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is releasing a new version of its online Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) that introduces new features to help providers, including the functionality to support information and identification of … Continue reading

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ONC Health IT Pilot Intended To Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched a pilot program to make existing prescription drug use data available to healthcare providers and pharmacists when they treat patients during office visits and in emergency departments. The test … Continue reading

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AMA Evaluating Leap To ICD-11 Despite Proposed Delay Of ICD-10

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ICD-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

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Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare IT Contract

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2012 Environmental Intelligence, LLC, Awarded Texas DIR Healthcare Contract Providing Physician-Focused, Patient-Driven Health IT Solutions Dallas, Texas — Environmental Intelligence, LLC (EI), has been selected by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) as one … Continue reading

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Voice Recognition Technology Drives Cost Savings

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In the article Voice recognition software helps with MU, doc says, Dr. Richard Gwinn, director of urgent care at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group in San Diego, shares his thoughts and experiences with voice recognition software. Dr. Gwinn addresses the challenges many … Continue reading

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Experts Predict Outcome Of Supreme Court Ruling On Healthcare IT

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With the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expected by the end of this month, more and more policymakers, healthcare experts and stakeholders are becoming vocal about their predictions of the outcome. Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the … Continue reading

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Best Practices For Replacing An Existing EHR System

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The healthcare industry today is arguably experiencing the most change and challenges dealing with technology integration than any other industry.  Health information technology is at the core of the global transition in healthcare as it’s becoming more apparent that medical … Continue reading

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CMS EHR Incentive Payments Exceed 110,000 Providers

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Another milestone: The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid out $5.58 billion to 110,650 physicians and hospital in total program estimates through May 2012. Final figures will be available later this month once the Centers for Medicare … Continue reading

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