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 thoughts on the issues of today. We publish at least eleven guest posts a week now, on our three sites. In case you missed some, here are the top ten read and shared guest posts of the month. You can also read previous month’s Top Ten Lists. Thank you for contributing and reading.
2016 Meaningful Use Requirements What You Need to Know Now
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate
Twitter: @JimTate
“Keep your eyes on the prize”. Not sure who said that but it sure makes sense these days. Sometimes it is better not to focus on what is coming down the road.but to keep at least one eye focused on the task as hand. Often the most important question is, “What do I need to do know right now?” Continue reading on HITECHAnswers.net…
MACRA and the Evolution of Meaningful Use: The Risk to APRNs
By Veronica Anzalone, Clinical Appeals Specialist, Craneware
Twitter: @craneware
As early adopters gear up for optional 2017 Meaningful Use Stage 3 participation, the provider community as a whole anxiously awaits the “sometime before November 1st” release of the MACRA Final Rule. Industry discussions subsequent to the April publication of the MACRA Proposed Rule reflect steady concern among physicians and nurses as new members of the multidisciplinary governance teams which are required to successfully implement this new regulation. Continue reading on HITECHAnswers.net…
Free Course in Healthcare Data Analytics Offered by OHSU
By William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU
Twitter: @williamhersh
I am pleased to announce that the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE) of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is offering a free continuing education course, Update in Health Information Technology: Healthcare Data Analytics, to physicians, nurses, other healthcare professionals, and health informatics/IT professionals. Registration is available now. Continue reading on HIEAnswers.net…
Meaningful Use Update: Keeping Your Practice on Track for 2016
By Jeff Jones, Business Project Analyst, GroupOne Health Source Inc.
Twitter: @GroupOne_Health
We welcomed the news earlier this year that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to allow for flexibility in meeting Meaningful Use this year. However, the 90-day reporting period for 2016 still has not been finalized and the final 90-day reporting period in calendar year 2016 is rapidly approaching. Continue reading on HITECHAnswers.net…
How Advanced Analytics Can Improve Population Health Management
By Dan Trott, Healthcare Strategist, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Dell EMC
Twitter: @DellHealth
Twitter: @DantrottDell
Data culled from increasing numbers of shared databases of electronic health records (EHR), clinical research pools, geographical positioning systems, connected devices and more has given rise to using advanced analytics for improving population health management (PHM). Advanced analysis of population health data is helping evaluate procedures already in place, identify policy and process improvements, and establish outcome criteria based on proven correlations by using sophisticated data analysis tools, including predictive analytics and machine-learning algorithms. Continue reading on HIEAnswers.net…
WhatsApp, A Healthcare Panacea: Not So Fast
By Matt Fisher, Attorney and chair of the Health Law Group at Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP.
Twitter: @matt_r_fisher
A recent article on Forbes, “Why WhatsApp Could be a Game-Changer for American Health Care” caught my eye and attention. The article focuses on a commonly reported desire among professionals in the healthcare industry to have and use text messaging. Texting is used in everyday life, so why not in healthcare. The quick, but incomplete answer is HIPAA. HIPAA is used as an excuse or barrier for many proposals in healthcare, but it does not tell the entire story. Continue reading on HITECHAnswers.net…
Doctors Raise Concerns For Small Practices In Medicare’s New Payment System
By Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health News
Twitter: @KHNews
Dr. Lee Gross is worried. He has practiced family medicine in North Port, Florida, near Sarasota, for 14 years. But he and two partners are the last small, independent practice in the town of 62,000. Everyone else has moved away, joined larger groups, or become salaried employees of hospitals or health companies. “We’re struggling to survive,” Gross, 47, said. “Our kind of practice is dying in this country, and medicine itself is changing so rapidly that doctors everywhere seem to be burning out.” Continue reading on RCMAnswers.net…
HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey: Medical Identity Theft Remains Number One Concern
By D’Arcy Gue, Director of Industry Relations, Medsphere Systems Corporation
Twitter: @MedsphereH
Most healthcare cybersecurity stories over the last year or so have focused on ransomware, the frightening new weapon in the hacker arsenal. But the results from the recent 2016 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey suggest that medical identity theft remains both more lucrative than ransomware for hackers and the primary concern of healthcare IT leaders. According to the survey, 77 percent of respondents feel medical identity theft is the “most common reason” for virtual attacks on healthcare facilities. Continue reading on HITECHAnswers.net…
A Surfeit of Software Snafus
By William A. Hyman
Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu
We are of course increasingly dependent on software in our professional and personal lives. We are also increasingly familiar with software problems ranging from malfunctions to cybersecurity holes. In healthcare software problems can affect EHRs, medical devices, and hospital systems. Sometimes the problem is that the software just doesn’t do what it is supposed to do, ie there is a defect that is independent of anything that the user did or did not do. In other cases, the issue is usability, or human factors, in which the software might be theoretically capable of doing things correctly but the design has a propensity for “use error”. Continue reading on HITECHAnswers.net…
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Tracking and Measuring RCM Metrics
By Kim Straub, Billing Resource Manager, GroupOne Healthsource
Twitter: @GroupOne_Health
When it comes to revenue cycle management, there is a large amount of data that you could track, but what are some of the most important metrics to measure and track regularly? There are 6 RCM metrics you should be tracking and measuring consistently in order to determine how your revenue cycle is performing. Here we will cover all 6 and give you some benchmarks to compare your practice’s performance against. Continue reading on RCMAnswers.net…
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