Reducing Risks of an EHR Incentive Payment Audit
Meaningful Use Incentive Audits The chickens are coming home to roost. I wrote blog posts in June and December 2011 focused on potential audits for…
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New IOM Report on Implementing the Learning Healthcare System
Informatics Central to a Learning Healthcare System William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Some of the most important reports for setting the…
Hospitals: Are You Ready for an ACO?
ACOs Change Delivery of Care by Improving Quality The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) aims to change the way hospitals deliver care by changing the financial…
Meaningful Use Radio Show Returns
MU Live! Resumes This week MU Live! was back from a summer hiatus since the end of June. We did not have a guest on…
The 1, 2, 3 Stages of Meaningful Use
All Three Stages of Meaningful Use in Play “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” So goes the opening…
ONC Launches Health IT Website
Health IT Dashboard Tool Summarizes Information The ONC has launched its newest website that presents key information and data to enable collaborative monitoring of the…
The New Certified EHR Technology
Certified EHR Technology Stage 2 One of the truly “listened and learned” enhancements of the stage 2 criteria is defining certified EHR technology. The new…
Health Information Exchanged Between States
Health Information Exchange Crosses State Lines Health Information Exchange (HIE) is a key part of EHR adoption and achieving the goals of the HITECH Act….
Will ICD-10 affect your EHR strategy?
Completing EHR Rollout Before Tackling ICD-10 Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions Author: Keys to EMR/EHR Success On October 1, 2013, practices will start submitting claims using…