The November HIT Standards Committee focused on “asynchronous bilateral cutover” – the compatibility of different CCDA payloads, healthcare IT that supports long term services and support, an update on the Standards & Interoperability projects, a discussion of data provenance efforts, and the HITSC workgroup organization.
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All roads point to a challenging 2015 for providers. The ICD-10 deadline will arrive, EPs still face a full year reporting period to meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use, and physicians continue to struggle with meeting Medicare’s quality reporting requirements.
We reached out to senior leaders at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) to get their take on these issues and more.
The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate and their additional seats picked up in the U.S. House should not disrupt, and could actually benefit, the momentum of several pending bills focusing on healthcare delivery and payment reform.
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of November.
IDC Health Insights presented its 2015 healthcare predictions, based on a new IDC FutureScape report, in an on-demand Web conference, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare 2015…
Using a picture and visual graphics to represent data and information is called an infographic. It is a great way to display statistical data that shows comparisons or charts that come from research and reports. In these Practice Management infographics, see what the real costs are of getting paid, what Million Hearts is, and where you stand with EHR’s.
Clinicians want two things from data. On an individual patient level, they need to be able to see the data whenever and wherever they want – in a clean at-a-glance format and with essentially zero lag time.
We are pleased to publish Health IT Enabled Quality Improvement: A Vision to Achieve Better Health and Health Care. This paper describes ONC’s vision for advancing the use of health IT to support transformational improvement in health care quality and value.
The New York eHealth Collaborative hosted its fourth annual Digital Health Conference at New York City’s Chelsea Piers on November 17 and 18. There I was joined by 850 health-related professionals to listen, engage and see how life science meets digital technology. No doubt we have become a digital culture.