Stage 3 Proposed Rules Submitted to OMB
Last March, the ONC HIT Policy committee submitted recommendations for Stage 3 of the EHR Incentive programs. Just hours before the new year, HHS/CMS submitted…
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What’s in Store for Health IT in 2015
It has been a rapidly changing landscape for health information technology these past few years. A lot of factors have contributed to this. Leading the policy has been the federal government instituting incentive programs to encourage health IT adoption.
Interoperability and the Future of Care Delivery
By Tee Green, CEO, Greenway Health Twitter: @WTeeGreen Twitter: @greenway The healthcare industry has done a remarkable job of replacing traditional paper charts with electronic health records…
Many Say Meaningful Use Stage 2 Is Disastrous, but the Data Say Otherwise
By Tony Panjamapirom, PhD – The industry news is full of disparaging talk about the health of the EHR Incentive Programs (i.e., meaningful use), particularly the low number of Stage 2 attestations. While some statistics show that only 35% of the nation’s hospitals have met Stage 2 meaningful use requirements, further analysis reveals a different story.
Stage 3 Proposed Rules Submitted to OMB
Last March, the ONC HIT Policy committee submitted recommendations for Stage 3 of the EHR Incentive programs. Just hours before the new year, HHS/CMS submitted…
What’s in Store for Health IT in 2015
It has been a rapidly changing landscape for health information technology these past few years. A lot of factors have contributed to this. Leading the…
Mounting Efforts to Delay ICD-10 Go Down Swinging
By Chuck Buck – Despite a significant lobbying effort mounted by a small but very vocal minority within the healthcare industry, the implementation of ICD-10 is expected to proceed without further delay. The failed push marked a third attempt to delay the Oct. 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation deadline well into 2017.
What Gets Measured Gets Managed
Say what you will about the pains of implementing an EHR or meeting the requirements for Meaningful Use. I’ll grant you that there are hiccups, roadblocks, stumbling points on the path to going digital. No doubt. But, you can’t deny that data doesn’t lie and when we measure data, we can manage it.
Major Health IT Events that Shaped 2014
By John Halamka – 2014 was quite a year. Thinking back to December 2013, I cannot believe that so much has happened. Let’s take a look at the major HIT events that shaped 2014 and what they portend for 2015.