CMS invites vendors and stakeholders to review and provide feedback on draft eCQM measure packages that include logic and header changes for eCQMs under consideration for CMS quality reporting and payment programs.
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At HIMSS 17 in Orlando I had a chance to sit down with two top executives from ClearDATA, Founder Chris Bowen and CTO Matt Ferrari. Here are audios and insights from both.
By Matt Fisher – Every day brings a new report of a security breach or other security based problem within healthcare. The unceasing cycle of issues gives rise to the question of what can and is healthcare doing about security and in particular cybersecurity.
By Sharon Arnold PhD – Determining whether digitized information’s enormous power can improve patient care is at the root of many serious conversations about health information technology (IT).
By D’Arcy Gue – Let’s face it, there will always be a segment of your patient population that just isn’t interested in using a patient portal. But with so much of life now conducted online, the good news is that robust design and usefulness will engage most patients.
The Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) is a nationwide information system and ElHR developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the U.S. to all 1200+ healthcare sites of the VHA.
By Mark Long – During my time at NASA, Zynx Health, several startups and Amazon I learned a thing or two about innovation. The key lesson is best summed as “Success is not delivering a project or product…
The Electronic Health Record Association recognized eight EHR developer companies for their move to the new version of the EHR Developer Code of Conduct during meetings at HIMSS17 in Orlando, FL, February 19-24.
By Gene Fry – For HIPAA covered entities and their business associates, keeping health data protected should be a top priority. Failing to do so can have disastrous consequences, not only by way of the civil and criminal penalties dealt out for breaching HIPAA’s rules.