Stage 2 EHR Incentives – Eligibility and Hospital-based EPs
Dissecting Stage 2 of EHR Adoption Eligibility for the CMS EHR Incentive Program was determined by the HITECH Act. Providers and hospitals must meet requirements…
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Standardizing Exchange and Use of Public Health Information
IBM Collaboration will Help Control Infectious Outbreaks Last week IBM Research reported their collaboration in standardizing the exchange and use of public health information to…
16 Rules for an Effective HIE
Ryba’s 16 Rules of Effective HIE Joel Ryba, COO, HIXNY As a fan of the relational database, and the inventor of the relational model, the…
Two Largest Kansas Health Systems Connect via HIE
Successful Exchange of Clinical Information Two KHIN early adopter sites in Wichita, Kansas, Via Christi Health Systems and HCA Wesley, transferred clinical data into the KHIN Production…
HIMSS Virtual Event on Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
IHE International Academy for Interoperability Starting this Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 11 am Eastern/10 am Central, HIMSS begins the first of a 3-part virtual…
CMS Gives Timing on Release of Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule
Final Stage 2 Meaningful Use Expected Early September On Wednesday this week Bloomberg.com reported CMS expects the Stage 2 Final Rule to be released by…
Meaningful Use Radio Show Returns
MU Live! Resumes This week MU Live! was back from a summer hiatus since the end of June. We did not have a guest on…
Health Information Exchange Is the Foundation for ACOs
Reference to Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) appears in only seven pages of the massive healthcare reform law yet in healthcare circles ACOs have become one of the most discussed and debated pieces of that legislation. Conceived as a model for streamlining and improving delivery of health services through the realignment of incentives, ACOs seek to synchronize the motives and actions among physicians, clinicians and hospitals to better coordinate care to
The 1, 2, 3 Stages of Meaningful Use
All Three Stages of Meaningful Use in Play “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” So goes the opening…