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May 8, 2012Arguing that changes “are necessary to ensure that the meaningful use program lives up to its intended purpose,” the American Medical Association on Monday submitted its comments on proposed Stage 2 criteria to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged AMA, 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 Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentHIMSS EHR Association Submits Feedback On Meaningful Use Stage 2
May 8, 2012On Friday, May 4th, the HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association submitted its comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 with CMS and the ONC. The EHR Association responded to notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM’s) from both the Centers for Medicare and … 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 IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS Rule Targets Medicare Fraud As GAO Says More Could Be Done
May 4, 2012Even as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final rule Tuesday, April 24th aimed at preventing Medicare fraud and saving taxpayers nearly $1.6 billion over 10 years, the GAO came out with a report urging CMS … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Services | Leave a commentEHR Implementation – Sieze The Opportunity
May 3, 2012In this article: 5 ways to avoid harming patients with health IT, the contributor does an effective job of offering five ways poor healthcare IT implementation could harm patients. One of the opinions expressed in this article is: healthcare IT … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Implementation | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience | Leave a commentGAO Urges CMS To Tighten Meaningful Use Verification
May 2, 2012There is room for improving how the government measures whether hospitals and physicians have met the requirements for meaningful use of EHRs to prevent improper payments, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO made four recommendations to CMS … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentCHIME Position: More Preparation is Needed for Stage 2
May 1, 2012CHIME, which represents 1,400 healthcare CIOs across the country, is asking the government for more preparation time to demonstrate Stage 2 meaningful use, hoping to make sure the reporting is just so. With the May 7 deadline looming for submitting … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Technology Enhancements, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentONC Chief Says: ‘Keep our eyes on the prize’
April 30, 2012The changes taking place in U.S. healthcare as a result of rapid healthcare IT adoption leave the nation’s health IT chief Farzad Mostashari optimistic – especially about improving quality, he told the audience at a meeting of the National Quality … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, 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, ONC Strategic Plan, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases April 2012 Newsletter
April 30, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: April 2012 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 Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, 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, HHS, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentTransaction Technology Critical To Meaningful Use Stage 2
April 27, 2012Health IT is at a critical juncture with the technical NPRM for Stage 2 of meaningful use (MU). There have always been questions about whether enough standards, implementation guidance, and policies would be expressed ahead of the huge HITECH EHR … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Health Information Exchange, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentBest Practices for PHI Data Security and Selecting the Right Cloud Computing Provider
April 27, 2012In recent months, cloud computing is a topic that is getting a lot of attention especially when applying the technology in healthcare. Cloud computing is becoming more attractive to medical organizations predominately due to the benefits that the technology offers … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Security | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
