Meaningful Use Dropout or Meaningful Use Pause?
Meaningful Use Dropout Rate – Let’s Not Panic Yet Over the past few weeks there have been quite a few articles posted in various EHR…
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AHA, AMA: Meaningful Use Requirements Should Be Eased
Last week, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association sent a joint letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for greater flexibility in…
Massachusetts Docs Await MU Licensing Requirements
By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT Starting in 2015, doctors in Massachusetts will have to show health IT meaningful use proficiency as a…
Patient Engagement Through Social Media
Engaging Your Patients Using Social Media Stage 2 of the CMS EHR Incentive Programs will begin in 2014 for those Eligible Professionals (EPs) who have…
ONC Releases Updated Progress Report on Health IT Adoption
ONC Assesses Achievements to date on Five Year Health IT Plan Last week the ONC released a report detailing progress to date on the five…
Clarification With Major Impact: A Safety Net for Meaningful Use Attestation Success
by Naomi Levinthal and Anantachai (Tony) Panjamapirom Republished from iHealthBeat.org Eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) participating in the CMS Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs…
EHR Incentive Program Status Report – June
Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As of 7/1/2013 The Centers for Medicare…
HIPAA Compliance and Meaningful Use Tech Tips
HIPAA Compliance Tech Tips Part 1 of 2 COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting HIPAAÂ Compliance can be a mystery. It can be even more mysterious when…
Being HIPAA Compliant is not a Snapshot in Time
Meaningful Use Requires You to Protect Patient Data COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting Protecting patient information is like protecting patient safety; it is something you…