By Steven Posnack – Throughout its seven-year history, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Health IT Certification Program has evolved in many ways, including improvements that enhanced the Program’s integrity, transparency, and efficiency.
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By Kayla Matthews – Data management is an integral, if tedious, part of running a medical practice. Whether you’re managing a small independent practice or collecting information for an entire hospital full of patients, it’s important to keep track of all your data and implement programs to ensure it is used to its fullest potential.
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Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. GAO, announced 15 appointments to the new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of July that we think deserve sharing again.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals that the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, which is administered voluntarily by states and territories, will continue through 2021.
By Laura Alabed-Olsson – Digital health tools – from mobile and web-based apps to enterprise solutions – have the power to increase patient engagement, improve clinical outcomes, create operational efficiencies, and so much more.
Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals: Submit Meaningful Use Data to the Hospital Quality Reporting System (HQR) via the QualityNet Secure Portal in 2018
By Grant Elliott – Are you considering HITRUST but haven’t yet put your HIPAA house in order? That’s similar to starting college when you’ve not yet earned your high school diploma. While both HIPAA and HITRUST share the common goal of protecting healthcare data and personal health information (PHI), they differ in very fundamental ways.