HITECH Act and Compliance with HIPAA Privacy Rule
HITECH Act Mandates Audits to Determine HIPAA compliance By William O’Toole O’Toole Law Group HIPAA privacy and security audits are not looming out there on…
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Do EPs meet Stage 1 Meaningful Use if they start in 2014?
Stage 1 Meaningful Use and Stage 2? I thought as we moved deeper into Stage 1 Meaningful Use (MU) the questions would get easier. This is…
Privacy Issues, Opting Out and Health Information Exchanges
Health Information Exchanges and Privacy What if everyone opts out? America has a love hate relationship with the Internet. On the one hand we love…
Tavenner, Care Innovation Summit, and Senate Hearings
Confirmation of Acting CMS Administrator Tavenner Uncertain The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, the ONC, West Wireless Health Institute, and Health Affairs co-hosted last…
New Features Added to CMS EHR Information Center
CMS EHR Incentive Program Update Calling 888-734-6433 will connect you to the CMS EHR Information Center Interactive Voice Response System (IVR) System. CMS has announced…
ONC announces new i2 Challenge
ONC i2 Program In December 2010 the America Competes Act was passed in response to President Obama’s call for agencies to “increase their ability to…
Patient Portals an EHR Necessity
Patient Portals Parallel EHR Development Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions Author: Keys to EMR/EHR Success Why Are Patient Portals More Important Than You Think? Patient portals…
Meaningful Use and Data Entry Into a Certified EHR
Does Meaningful Use require physicians do the data entry? One intriguing Meaningful Use question arrived by email last week. The question boiled down to this:…
Wisconsin REC Explains EHR Medicaid Program
Marni Anderson Health IT Specialist, Wisconsin Health Information Technology Extension Center (WHITEC) www.whitec.org Wisconsin launched its Medicaid EHR Incentive Program in August 2011. In the…