Reviewing Stage 3 Meaningful Use Concepts
Stage 3 Meaningful Use Request for Comment The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has a cooperative partner agreement with the National…
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Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together – Part Two
The Current Buzz around Analytics Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO, ICA As we round the corner to soon approach HIMSS13, John Moore of Chilmark Research reported from…
ICSA, IHE To Offer Security and Interoperability Certification Program
Program Provides Secure Data Exchange and Interoperability IHE USA, a nonprofit organization that drives adoption of standards-based interoperability to improve patient care, and ICSA Labs, an…
Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together at the Moment of Need
Healthcare Data Makes Quantum Leap – Part One Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO at ICA It’s an old story: healthcare is awash in data but starved for…
The Arrival of Meaningful Use Audits
Eligible Providers: Meaningful Use Audits It comes in the mail: “This letter is to inform you that your organization has been selected by the CMS…
Trust But Verify: Why CMS Got It Right On EHR Oversight
Little evidence of any fraud, waste, or abuse in the EHR incentive program By Dr. Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha Last week’s New York Times headline…
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…
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…