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May 28, 2013The majority of physicians nationwide believe health information technology can precipitate positive outcomes in the provider setting, but in many realms — such as mHealth — health IT continues to be underutilized by docs, according to the findings of a … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR Adoption, EHR Incentives, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience | Leave a commentBest Practices For Preparing For A Meaningful Use Audit
May 24, 2013ONC/CMS provides strong oversight of the meaningful use program by continuousy reexamining the quality of certified products and auditing hospitals and practices that have attested to meaningful use. Last week, the ONC “de-certified” a product for not supporting the functionality … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, 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, Meaningful Use Audits, ONC | Leave a commentBest Practices On Avoiding Large OCR HIPAA Fines
May 24, 2013What determines the size of a penalty for HIPAA violations? The key factors are the lack of a timely risk assessment and the failure to address ongoing security issues, says Leon Rodriguez, director of the Department of Health and Human … Continue reading
Posted in HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, OCR, OCR Audits, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Releases Governance Framework For Electronic Health Information Exchange
May 22, 2013Last year, ONC issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input on a potential regulatory approach that would have spelled out “conditions for trusted exchange” (safeguards, technical, and business practice) through rulemaking, and establish a voluntary accreditation and … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, ONC | Leave a commentCMS Provides Details On Meaningful Use Audits
May 21, 2013The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this year implemented pre-payment audits on Medicare and dually eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) providers participating in the EHR Incentive Programs. The pre-payment audits complement post-payment audits that CMS has conducted since 2012. Both … 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 Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentFour Key Steps When Evaluating Encryption For PHI Data Security
May 20, 2013Encryption is an important breach prevention tool. But to make the right decisions about how to apply encryption, healthcare organizations should take four key steps The first step is to precisely identify where all protected health information is stored. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, PHI Data Security | Tagged CMS Policy, Encryption Solutions, Encryption Technology, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentBuilding Patient Trust Is Vital To Health Information Exchanges
May 17, 2013In recent weeks, federal regulators and their advisers have been deliberating about how best to earn patient trust that their privacy will be protected as their data is shared among providers via evolving health information exchanges. Keeping a focus on … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Exchange | Tagged 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, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentHow Voice Recognition May Improve Patient Engagement
May 16, 2013Try trotting this one out at a party: there are now more cell phones than there are toilets in the world. That’s according to a recent UN study, and while the study is actually focused on what the UN deems … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR Technology Enhancements, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, medical practice best practices, Patient Experience | Leave a commentHHS To Address HIPAA Rules For Firearm Background Checks
May 15, 2013After last year’s mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut, the Obama Administration has been looking for ways to address gun violence, either through new legal reforms or by working with existing policy, and one option is to clarify HIPAA provisions … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, HIPAA Complicance | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules | Leave a commentCMS Reports EHR Incentive Payments Surpass $13B
May 13, 2013Continuing the upward trajectory of EHR reimbursements flowing out into the healthcare industry, CMS said on Tuesday morning that the total paid as of March’s end is more than $13.7 billion. “March was a very big month,” said Rob Anthony … 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 Services, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
