Meaningful Use Audits – 4 Questions to Consider
Eligible Providers: Meaningful Use Audits Part II Last week I wrote a blog post entitled The Arrival of Meaningful Use Audits. Part of the confusion…
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CMS Issues IFR and Advise on EHR Incentive Program Registration
Interim Final Rule Makes changes to Stage 2 This week CMS and ONC have released an Interim Final Rule with public comment period. The rule makes…
Clinical Analytics and HIE: Two Technologies Come Together – Part Three
The Role of HIE in Clinical Analytics Rodney Hamilton, MD, CMIO, ICA Read part 1 of this series Read part 2 of this series In…
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…
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…