Patient Portals an EHR Necessity
Patient Portals Parallel EHR Development Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions Author: Keys to EMR/EHR Success Why Are Patient Portals More Important Than You Think? Patient portals…
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Meaningful Use and Data Entry Into a Certified EHR
Does Meaningful Use require physicians do the data entry? One intriguing Meaningful Use question arrived by email last week. The question boiled down to this:…
Meaningful Use Attestation and CQM Reporting
Electronic Submission of CQM for Meaningful Use It is there in black and white on page 68 of the Final Rule “Therefore, for the Medicare…
Feb. 29 EHR Incentive Program Deadline
CMS Reminders on EHR Incentive Program Dates CMS has issued a reminder on important upcoming dates in the EHR Incentive Program for Eligible Professionals. The…
A New Year for EHR Adoption Resources
EHR Adoption Resources Expand for 2012 The new year has brought about some recent changes and developments to HITECH Answers. Â The most significant of these…
Year End EHR Incentives Status
Just the Facts from Joe Friday on EHR Incentives The numbers you are about to see are all true… As of the end of 2011…
If Health IT in 2011 Were a Movie
We end 2011 with one more list. If Health IT in 2011 were a movie it would be… Mission: Impossible. Naysayers said widespread EHR adoption was…
A Look Back at Meaningful Use Clarifications in 2011
A Year of Meaningful Use As we close out 2011 with a look back at the topics we covered through our HITECH Answers news and…
Smoking and Meaningful Use
Smoking Found in Meaningful Use Objectives Everyday the Gallup and Healthways polls 1000 Americans and asks if they smoke. The polling results become part of…