EHR Planned Obsolesence
EHRs Come with Built In Obsolescence with Changes Associated with Meaningful Use William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles…
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100,000 Patient Health Apps Signal Need for Social Strategy
Engaging Patients Through Apps By Carolyn Hartley, MLA Physicians EHR, Inc. Last week, as I sat in a waiting room, I pulled up my smart phone…
Training Workers Protects Patient Data
The Cure for Uneducated Users is Training By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting Universal Precautions (ALWAYS putting on protective gloves, masks, and protective clothing) for…
Taking a Look into the Future of Health IT
What’s in Store for Health IT in 2014? By Ronald Razmi, Founder and CEO of Acupera EHRs Will Go Under the Microscope In 2014, many…
Interoperability Keynote at HCI-DC 2014
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell and the new National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, will be featured as keynote speakers at HCI-DC 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Health Care System on Feb. 6, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
Advice to the New National Coordinator
Fragile Times Now That HITECH Funding Has Passed By John Halamka, MD Karen DeSalvo started as the new National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology on…
Meaningful Delay?
Not a Time to Put Things on Hold By Van Zimmerman @DataMotion On December 6, the Centers for Medicate & Medicaid Services (CMS), through a blog…
What is the future of EHRs?
Can EHRs achieve the interconnectedness we need? Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have come a long way in moving U.S. healthcare…
2014 – Last Year to Earn PQRS Incentive Payment
Last Year for EPs and PQRS Incentive Payments This is the last year eligible professionals can earn an incentive payment for satisfactorily reporting PQRS quality data…