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January 31, 2014Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its January 2014 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: January 2014 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 Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, 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, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Looses Authorized EHR Certification Body
January 29, 2014The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology will stop offering ONC testing and certification services. Instead, CCHIT will work toward increased IT interoperability by counseling providers and developers on certified EHR requirements. Thanks in part to what it says is … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentPerspective On The ROI Of Health IT
January 28, 2014Hard numbers for return on investment in health IT aren’t always measurable, at least in a direct way. Instead, healthcare organizations need to look at both “hard” and “soft” savings when considering a system’s ROI. “There are many areas where … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT ROI, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentCDC Report Cites Physicians Not Prepared For Stage 2 MU
January 27, 2014The Stage 2 numbers for eligible docs are, some might say, a little bit scary. Most office-based physicians are not prepared for the October 2014 beginning attestation date. In fact, many aren’t even close. Only 13 percent say their electronic … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS EHR Incentive Payments Approach $20B
January 21, 2014Electronic health record incentive payments to eligible docs and hospitals continue to climb into the new year. The “inexorable progress” of the federal EHR incentive program continues, with payments to providers moving ever closer to $20 billion. As of the end … 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 Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentPatients Now Paying Attention To Meaningful Use
January 13, 2014Meaningful use — it’s not just for healthcare providers anymore. Patients are paying attention to what meaningful use of electronic health data entails and why it’s important; they’re understanding, and now they want it. The federal government’s ambitious plan to … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience | Leave a commentMeaningful Use is Good for Business
January 10, 2014Remember the old days? Way back before 2009? Healthcare had some catching up to do. But no one quite knew just how to do it. So much of the industry was still paper based. Where technology was deployed, it was … 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, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a comment2014 Outlook On Health IT
January 8, 2014Hospital leaders and office-based physicians will face daunting Healthcare Information Technology stress tests in the coming year. One test is underway for some, who have to meet stepped-up Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria for electronic health-record systems. For hospitals that had … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a comment2014 – The Year For HIE
January 7, 2014The growth of the cloud, the emergence of payers and the race to analytics now present several large challenges to health information exchange organizations, Chilmark Research argues in a “baker’s dozen” of 2014 forecasts. The Meaningful Use (MU) stage two … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security | Leave a commentStudy Finds EHRs Help Physicians Improve Patient Care
January 6, 2014A new study in the journal Health Services Research finds nearly three-quarters of physicians using electronic health records in 2011 said there were clinical benefits when patients’ medical histories were kept in digital files. The study focused on doctors’ perceptions … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
