Interoperability, Usability, and Meaningful Use Stage 3
By Bennett Lauber – Satisfaction and usability ratings for certified electronic health records (EHRs) have decreased since 2010 among clinicians across a range of indicators.”
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Modifications to Meaningful Use for 2015 through 2017
On April 10, 2015, CMS issued a new proposed rule for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs to align Stage 1 and Stage 2 objectives and measures with the long-term proposals for Stage 3, to build progress toward program milestones, to reduce complexity, and to simplify providers’ reporting.
HITECH and Meaningful Use at a Crossroads
By William Hersh MD – It is hard to believe that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed into law five years ago, in 2009, and at the end of the year, the massive legislation was shaped into a program that has profoundly altered the informatics world, not to mention all of healthcare.
The Day “View, Download, and Transmit” Died
By Jim Tate – “Things don’t change until they do.” I think Albert Einstein said that. Maybe it was Cat Stevens, I’m not really sure. We go along in our merry little lives content with the knowledge that the sun will come up tomorrow and summer will follow spring. All the rules that we rely on help us make sense of a chaotic universe.
Breaking News: CMS Issued a New Proposed Rule for EHR Incentive Programs
CMS issued a new proposed rule for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs to align Stage 1 and Stage 2 objectives and measures with the long-term proposals for Stage 3.
5 Things You Need to Know About the MU Stage 3 NPRM
By Seth Flam DO – The proposed rule for Meaningful Use Stage 3 is now available for comment. Look for it to be final later this year in the third quarter.
What you don’t do in 2015 will cause 9% CMS penalties in 2017
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: Inquiry@meaningfuluseaudits.com The initial notifications of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) meaningful…
Floodgates in Stage 3 of Meaningful Use
By John D’Amore – Prepare for a data deluge. Stage 3 of Meaningful Use will provide unprecedented access and interoperability of clinical information in electronic health records. In this article, we highlight several key considerations of the new proposed regulation for health information technology, published here on March 20, 2015.
The Multiple Meanings of Interoperability
By William Hyman – In this space the most common meaning of interoperability is that EHRs should be able to readily share or transfer information between them. Moreover that information should be fully compatible with the features of the receiving EHR such that the shared information is findable (or better yet obvious) and useable.