5 Best Practices for Centralizing Patient Access
By Jamie Gier – For years, health systems have spent large amounts of capital on initiatives inside the walls of their hospitals, such as large-scaled EMR implementations.
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New Data on Skilled Nursing Facilities Use of EHRs Establish the Path for Progress
By Seth Pazinski – Data released by the Office of the ONC report for the first time, nationally representative measures on EHR adoption and health information exchange among skilled nursing facilities. Most SNFs (64 percent) used EHRs to manage patient health information in 2016.
Study Finds That 30% of SMEs Lack an Incident Response Plan
By Art Gross – Cybersecurity issues have become very prevalent in the modern era, making headlines with their disasters and fines associated with them.
MIPS: Lawyers, Litigation, and Malpractice
By Jim Tate – Last week I documented yet another reason that the achievement of a high MIPS score should be Priority One for Eligible Clinicians. 2017 has been defined as the “Transition Year” for MACRA/MIPS and minimum standards have been put in place to allow minimal effort to avoid 2019 Part B adjustments.
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence is Key to Fighting Ransomware in Healthcare
By Munawar Abadullah – Every once in awhile the world wakes up to the news of yet another data breach of incredible proportion, providing a crude reminder that healthcare IT systems are not as secure as they should be.
Rocket Pace, But To Where?
By Matt Fisher – Not a day goes by (or many posts on The Pulse Blog) without a discussion of the rapid increase in data breaches impacting the healthcare industry. Information and statistics in this regard are inescapable.
MIPS: Loan Acquisition and Maintenance
By Jim Tate – We have reflected in earlier posts the critical importance of achieving a high MIPS score. Reimbursment, practice value, and professional reputation are all directly impacted by a MIPS score. Here is yet another collateral impact of a MIPS score: the ability to obtain and maintain a loan.
MeHI Grants Aim to Improve Electronic Reporting of Child Behavioral Health Data
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech has awarded nearly $200,000 to four qualified EHR vendors to build efficient pathways for Massachusetts behavioral health providers to electronically submit reportable data to the Commonwealth’s Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative.
Streamlining Healthcare Innovation: Working Together to Improve Digital Health Regulations
By Desiree Crawford – This is a watershed moment in healthcare. New technologies are constantly in development to help treat and prevent previously incurable conditions, and improve current processes.