The purpose of this Request for Information is to evaluate the current product offerings for Health Information Exchanges and clinical data management services that will allow Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) to successfully evolve and thrive in our advanced health care market. Response Deadline: September 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
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CMS opened the application period for practices to participate in the new nation-wide primary care model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+). CPC+ is a five-year primary care medical home model beginning January 2017 that will enable primary care practices to care for their patients the way they think will deliver the best outcomes and to pay them for achieving results and improving care.
By Jeremy Guttman – Entirely paper-based healthcare is going the way of the dodo bird. Since 2008, the number of office-based physicians who have adopted electronic healthcare records (EHRs) has doubled from 40% to over 80%. In fact, the number of physicians using EHRs has actually quadrupled in the past 12 years.
By Kim Straub – Here’s what you need to know and how you can adjust to the new payment policies. The Two-Midnight Rule – The changes to this rule came into effect in January this year. The Two Midnight Rule, founded in 2013, helps define inpatient versus out-patient stays, but does so in a way that can make patient intake awkward.
By Matt Patterson MD – I had the privilege to present at the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Hearing. Leaders in the healthcare industry discussed how mobile applications are disrupting the ways in which doctors and patients engage in the health care system and impact the affordability, accessibility, and delivery of care.
Stay up to date on the latest and join the conversation with #Telehealth and #Telemedicine. News included from Healthline News, National Business Group on Health, Brad Schlozman of Hinkle Law, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center.
By Keith Boone – One of the challenges of meaningful use is in how it has diverted attention from other uses of standards that could have value. Use of the Unstructured Document template provides one such example.
By Sarianne Gruber – “Where ever there are bundled payments today, physicians are typically required to report out on patient-reported outcomes,” says Dr. Todd Johnson, CEO of Noble.MD. Speaker at MedCity Converge in Philadelphia.
By Dr. Vindell Washington – Hospitals across the country continue to make progress toward the goal of ensuring that health information flows where it is needed the most. Today, almost all U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals have certified EHR technology and 82% are electronically exchanging health data outside their organization – double the percentage from 2008.