Hospital MU Data Submission Portal Opens January 2, 2018
Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals: Submit Meaningful Use Data to the Hospital Quality Reporting System (HQR) via the QualityNet Secure Portal in 2018
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HIPAA & HITRUST: Learning to Walk, Before You Can Run
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.
Quality Payment Program Hardship Exception Application for the 2017 Transition Year Is Now Open
The QPP Hardship Exception Application for the 2017 transition year is now available on the Quality Payment Program website. EPs who are first-time participants in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2017 are also eligible to apply for a one-time hardship exception. Applications are due by October 1, 2017.
HIPAA: Healthcare’s Favorite Scapegoat
By Matt Fisher – Stop if you’ve heard either of these or some other variation before: I can’t tell you anything about that patient because of HIPAA or I can’t give you a copy of your medical records because of HIPAA or HIPAA doesn’t let me say anything.
FDA Sets Inaugural Meeting of First-Ever Patient Engagement Advisory Committee
By Kathryn O’Callaghan & Jeffrey Shuren MD – Imagine checking your blood sugar levels several times a day with a glucose meter to keep your diabetes under control. Or maybe you’ve had a hip joint replaced or a stent inserted in your coronary artery to treat a heart blockage.
Three Best Practices for Patient Engagement Technology Implementation
By Rebecca Brunelle – Adopting even the best patient portal platform and patient engagement mobile app can be a challenge for many medical practices, both in terms of getting staff on board with the new software and encouraging patients to use it.
How an Entrepreneur-in-Residence changed the culture at CMS
By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc – When I came to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2011, I pulled the results from the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey – a survey of federal employee satisfaction.
Security Risk Analysis: The Challenges Community (and Small) Hospitals Face in Protecting PHI – Part II
Part 2 of my interview with Carl Kunkleman, the co-founder and senior vice president of ClearDATA, specifically about why small and community hospitals struggle with conducing a security risk analysis. Here is part 2 of the interview.
Security Risk Analysis: The Challenges Community (and Small) Hospitals Face in Protecting PHI
I had an opportunity to talk with Carl Kunkleman, the co-founder and senior vice president of ClearDATA, specifically about why small and community hospitals struggle with conducing a security risk analysis. Here is part I of the interview.