Health IT Business News Wrap-Up – December 2, 2012
MThis Week’s Health IT Business News A few weeks back our own Jim Tate wrote an EHR Swan Song to the demise of a small…
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CMS Readies IT, Analytics for Waves of Health Reform Data
CMS Creates an Office of Information Products and Data Analysis Mary Mosquera Senior Editor, Government Health IT The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will have…
December HIT Policy and Standards Committee Meetings
HIT Meetings will be Virtual Only this Month The ONC HIT Policy Committee Meeting will be a virtual meeting only this December 5th from 10am…
New Report Calls for Greater Oversight of EHR Incentive Payments
OIG Finds Obstacles in Overseeing EHR Incentives Established in 1976, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) fights waste, fraud…
The Power Struggle in HIE
Physicians Must Have a Seat at the HIE-Table Carolyn Hartley, President, CEO, Physicians EHR Weeks after this story about hospitals and doctors competing for patient charts…
OCR Releases Guide for De-Identifying Patient Health Information
Recommends Two Methods for De-Identifying PHI The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health information…
ONC Reports e-Prescribing (eRX) On the Rise
Increase in percent of physicians e-prescribing tied to EHR adoption Yesterday the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released a report tracking the increase of e-prescribing…
Electronic Health Records vs. Patient Privacy: Who Will Win?
Patient privacy being challenged as patient records are digitized by Rick Kam, ID Experts Does your dermatologist need access to your reproductive health history? Can…
Upcoming ONC Meetings, Events and EHR Incentive Deadlines
HIT Committee Meetings, EHR Incentive Deadlines, Stage 3 Meaningful Use Catch up with the ONC and take note of these important dates and events. November…