Breaking News: Final Rules Released for Stage 3 EHR Incentive Program
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
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National Health IT Week October 5-9 2015
Many of us may have encountered a medical situation where a family member or loved one’s life was saved by early detection, new drugs, or a new procedure. Contrary to these more obvious technological medical advances, health IT is quietly advancing medicine.
Four Reasons for Optimism about the Ongoing Health Care Overhaul
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – None of us would have the jobs we currently occupy without some ability to focus on details. Running a company, developing IT systems, managing a hospital, seeing patients and evaluating their concerns—all require the ability to dig deep and identify root causes and effective solutions.
Debating HITECH’s Influence on EHR Use
By Steve Spearman – Earlier this summer, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) published a paper titled Impact of the HITECH act on physicians’ adoption of electronic health records, that analyzed how well HITECH has incentivized doctors to make the leap into EHR.
Things to Keep in Mind When Reading EHR Reviews
By Alex Tate – If you are considering a program to help you with your electronic health records then you will most likely be doing some research. You are going to find that there are a number of programs available. Therefore, it can be difficult to determine which one will actually be the very best choice.
Don’t Ignore Inaccurate Data From Your EHR Extraction Process
By Paul J. Rosenbluth – It Could Come Back to Bite You in Your Bottom Line! Automating extraction of data from EHRs is an excellent idea. Done right, it can provide a complete data set, something not possible with the sampling methods used in the current labor-intensive hand extraction used for reporting many hospital quality measures.
EHR Vendor Conversion: The Critical Review Process
By Samantha Sawdon – Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were originally created for the purposes of charting and practice management coordination. However, the combination of expanding practice needs and increasing federal mandates has forced the EHR market to evolve.
American Academy of Nursing Calls for Collective Action to Include Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health in EHRs
The American Academy of Nursing has released a policy brief that endorses the capturing of social and behavioral determinants of health in the electronic health record (EHR). The policy brief identifies several recommendations for health care industry leaders to foster standardization and promote interoperability.
Black Book Finds Large Physician Groups More Satisfied with EHR Usability
By Patty O’Toole – Black Book Rankings, a healthcare-centric market and public opinion research company, conducted an annual ambulatory user poll to determine the highest-ranked Electronic Health and Medical Record organizations for 2015.