Patient Electronic Access Requirements for Stage 2 MU
Learn More About the Requirements The following is email communication from CMS. If you are an eligible professional participating in the EHR Incentive Programs, you will…
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Data Breaches and Hackermania Running Wild
Data Breaches Remain in the News and the Debate Around How Best to Secure Data Rages By Donna Cusano, Editor In Chief of Telehealth & Telecare…
HIPAA Penalties Sting Outside the Healthcare Field Too
Benefiting from Healthcare’s Lessons Learned By Bob Chaput, CEO of Clearwater Compliance Twitter: @ClearwaterHIPAA Most companies in the U.S. likely feel that Health Insurance Portability…
CMS Final Rule: Flexibility, Innovating, and Being Set Up to Fail
Extended Thoughts on Providers and the Final Rule By Joy Rios, Managing Partner at Practice Transformation Twitter: @askjoyrios As expected, there’s been lots of commentary on last…
California Hospitals Get Boost in Race Against Federal Healthcare Deadline
Public Health Reporting Requirements Satisfied with CA-Certified MEDHOST YourCareLink California hospitals struggling to meet the federal government’s public health reporting requirements, in advance of a…
The Cost of Non-Participation in Quality Reporting
What “Left Behind” May Look Like By Joy Rios, Managing Partner at Practice Transformation Twitter: @askjoyrios According to the 2014 Great American Physician Survey results, 26 percent of…
The August HIT Standards Committee Meeting
Accelerating Interoperability By John Halamka, MD Twitter: @jhalamka The August HIT Standards Committee focused on the work ahead to accelerate interoperability. It’s no longer about…
What’s the Ice Bucket Challenge Got to Do with the CHS Breach?
Take My challenge. No cold water. No Ice. By David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec Twitter: @DavidSFinn LinkedIn Profile Let me start out by saying…
New Rules for Achieving Meaningful Use in 2014
The Other Shoe Droppeth By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com We’ve been waiting for it to drop since…