CMS Launches EHR Incentive Participation Timeline Tool
New EHR Incentive Resource and other CMS Updates The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health…
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New Collaboration Looks to Enhance Health IT Online Community
HealthITxChange, EMRapproved Partner to Share Health IT Resources The HealthITxChange is a nonprofit initiative that brings healthcare provider and health IT professionals together to share best practices….
Technological Advances, Patient-centered Care To Reduce Hospital Falls
Needing Better Technology for Unitentional Injuries David Condra Amplion Clinical Communications Hospitals nationwide are making efforts to reduce the rates of patient falls, and we as…
CMS to Hold ICD-10 Update Meeting
Live Stream ICD-10 Update Meeting on March 5 The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee will hold an ICD-10 Update meeting on Tuesday, March 5 from 9 am–5 pm…
Health IT Business News Recap – February 24, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News “Now is the winter of our discontent”, goes the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III. The last couple of…
Health IT as an Ultra Large-Scale System
Dr. Doug Fridsma / Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science & Technology .. This week I want to discuss a technical report that was…
ONC Releases Self-Paced Videos on Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use Education Module on Transitions of Care To say we’ve been impressed with what the ONC has been doing lately on the digital/interactive education…
ECRI Institute Report Asks ‘How Safe Is Your EHR?’
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research…
Final Omnibus Rule Requires Modifications to Notices of Privacy Practices
Required Revisions to Notices of Privacy Practices for Healthcare Providers Last month, HHS issued the long-awaited omnibus final rule that implements, among other things, a…