CMS EHR Incentive Programs Changes
Changes in the Vital Signs Core Objective in 2014 The following is email communication from CMS. Did you know that the vital signs objective is…
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The Road to Interoperability
Stage 2 of Meaningful Use By John D’Amore, MS, President and CTO of Diameter Health The data on avoidable waste and medical error in the…
OCR’s Report to Congress on Breaches and HIPAA Rules Compliance
What You Need to Know By Rick Link, Managing Director, Dallas TX office of Coalfire Systems, Inc. Twitter: @RickyRayLink Twitter: @CoalfireITGRC Last week the HHS…
Using EHRs to Help Advance Drug Development and Safety Monitoring
Collectively EHRs Represent Huge Amounts of Data By Janet Woodcock, MD, Director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Not long ago, electronic health records…
Interactive Tool to Help Providers Understand 2014 CEHRT NPRM
EHR Certification Notice of Proposed Rulemaking The following is correspondence from CMS and ONC. In May 2014, CMS released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)…
Now’s the Time: Get HIPAA Compliant
OCR Warns Enforcement To Increase Dramatically By Matt Fisher, Esq Twitter: @matt_r_fisher Recent reports, statements and actions from the government emphasize the need for all…
HHS Idea Lab’s Buyers Club
Membership Has Its Privileges! By Mark Naggar, contract specialist for CDC Twitter: @HHSIDEALab Twitter: @MarkNaggar The HHS Buyers Club – What Is It? Welcome to…
EHR Promise vs Reality
Does the EHR Have Value? William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author On a recent…
Should Your Medical Practice Have a Twitter Account?
Practices Using Social Media By Jonathan Catley, Online Sales & Marketing Manager, MD Connect Twitter: @MDConnectInc Twitter: @JonathanCatley Using social media sites can be a…