EHR Incentive Program Status Report April 2014
Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As of 4/30/2014 The Centers for Medicare…
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Infographics on Hospitals and Their Health IT
Hospital IT, Readmissions, and Cloud Solutions Using a picture and visual graphics to represent data and information is called an infographic. It is a great…
Predictions: Top mHealth App Categories in 5 Years
What Benefits Will They Bring? By Tom Sullivan, Executive Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor It’s becoming almost cliché to suggest that at some point in the…
CMS EHR Hardship Exception Interactive Tool
Eligible Professionals: EHR Hardship Exception Applications Due July 1, 2014 The following is communication from CMS. Eligible professionals can now use CMS’ new interactive tool…
HHS Releases New Data and Tools to Increase Transparency on Hospital Utilization
Data Can Help Improve Care Coordination and Health Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries With more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, investors, data scientists, researchers, policy experts, government employees…
WSJ Article Addresses Password Usage
“Despite Data Thefts, the Password Endures” with Implications for HIPAA Compliance By Ed Jones III, Author and President of HIPAA, LLC. Twitter: @HIPAAsafeguards The May…
Early Reaction to the EHR Incentive NPRM
CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for EHR Incentive Programs By John Halamka, MD Last week, I posted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from CMS that offers…
Top Four Challenges for Connected Medical Practices
Connectivity is the Buzzword By Edward Keiper, President and CEO of Velocity For physicians’ practices in the 21st century, connectivity is the buzzword. Getting doctors connected…
Why Mobile EHR Access is Healthcare’s Next Big Thing
Exercise Caution with EHRs Accessing Mobile Devices By Zach Watson Twitter: @Technology_Adv 78 percent of office-based physicians use electronic healthcare records, which means the construction…