National Health IT Week Updates
National Health IT Week is October 5-9 this year. Kicking off the week long celebration were events from coast to coast. Here are some highlights.
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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – September 2015
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of September.
Breaking News: CMS and ONC Stage 3 Final Rule Will Advance EHR Interoperability
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements, add new flexibilities for providers, and advances EHR interoperability.
Breaking News: CMS and ONC Stage 3 Final Rules Released; Includes Comment Period for MIPS
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers. Also included in the regulations is a 60 day comment period on Merit Based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS).
MGMA 2015 Annual Conference
Interact with medical practice executives, administrators, physicians, vendors, industry experts and powerful speakers; share challenges and discover the right benchmarks, operational improvements, quality measures and solutions necessary to become and remain a MGMA high-performing practice.
Transforming Clinical Practices Initiative
HHS has announced the 39 networks participating in the CMS Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative which is designed to support more than 140,000 clinician practices over the next four years.
National Health IT Week October 5-9 2015
Many of us may have encountered a medical situation where a family member or loved one’s life was saved by early detection, new drugs, or a new procedure. Contrary to these more obvious technological medical advances, health IT is quietly advancing medicine.
GAO Report Looks at Nonfederal Efforts to Help Achieve EHR Interoperability
EHR Interoperability is viewed by many industry stakeholders and agencies as a key factor towards improving health care delivery and outcomes. To date, however, the exchange of health data from one system to another has been limited.
CIOS Are Ready for ICD-10
It’s been a long road to get to this point, but today the nation’s healthcare system takes a major step forward in being able to capture more detailed data about patients and their conditions. ICD-10 has nearly five times more codes than were used in ICD-9. Building more robust medical records should ultimately result in more efficient and better quality care.