2014 Clinical Quality Measures Electronic Reporting
CQM Electronic Reporting Guides for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Hospitals The following is email communication from CMS. Are you an eligible professional or eligible hospital…
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Should Requirements Lead or Follow Capability?
Strict Standards for the Structure of Data William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author The…
Including Patient Satisfaction in the Quality Equation
Twitter Chatting about Patient Satisfaction By Joy Rios, Managing Partner at Practice TransformationTwitter: @askjoyrios A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hosting my first Twitter chat…
Review the Combined 2015 CMS QRDA Implementation Guide
Visit the eCQM Library Page The following is email communication from CMS. The Combined 2015 QRDA Implementation Guide for eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical…
Clinical Decision Support Interventions
Learn More about CDS Interventions The following is email communication from CMS. Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is a key functionality of health IT that contributes…
Summary of Care Meaningful Use Requirements in Stage 2
Learn More about Summary of Care The following is email communication from CMS. If you are an eligible provider participating in the EHR Incentive Programs,…
CMS EHR Incentive Programs Changes
Changes in the Vital Signs Core Objective in 2014 The following is email communication from CMS. Did you know that the vital signs objective is…
CMS EHR Incentive Audits 2.0
Importance of Mock Audits – Focus on Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have made…
Interactive Tool to Help Providers Understand 2014 CEHRT NPRM
EHR Certification Notice of Proposed Rulemaking The following is correspondence from CMS and ONC. In May 2014, CMS released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)…