By Bennett Lauber – Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children. His theories of cognitive development helped pioneer the field of developmental psychology and influenced generations of elementary school curriculum.
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By Donald M. Burt, MD – Some things in life are perfect as they are; you could not ask for more. Maybe it’s that idyllic vacation spot you return to time and again. Or a restaurant that never disappoints. Most things in life, however, could stand at least a little improvement.
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: Inquiry@meaningfuluseaudits.com The initial notifications of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) meaningful…
By William Hyman – In this space the most common meaning of interoperability is that EHRs should be able to readily share or transfer information between them. Moreover that information should be fully compatible with the features of the receiving EHR such that the shared information is findable (or better yet obvious) and useable.
By Bennett Lauber – We have seen a number of recent blog posts and tweets complaining about EHRs having ‘too many clicks.’ A number of people have proclaimed that reducing the number of clicks in an EHR as a method to improve EHR Usability.
On Tuesday, March 17, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on health IT. This was the first Senate health committee hearing on Health IT since the 2009 passage of the HITECH Act.
Join CMS, ONC, and industry representatives on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 for an eHealth webinar session entitled “Getting Started with Electronic Quality Measures (eCQMs 101) for Quality Reporting Programs.”
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has released its latest findings in its annual check up on health IT adoption, The report examines physicians’ current views and use of EHRs, mobile health technologies and meaningful use.
By Jim Tate – What is would be like to open your inbox and find 33 separate CMS EHR Incentive audits? That is the exact experience one of our client hospitals experienced several week ago.