Meaningful Use: The Rules Explained At Last
We’re happy to bring you the following primer on the just-released final rules on how to demonstrate “meaningful use” of an EHR for the purposes of receiving federal stimulus dollars.
Podcast: Meaningful Use Update
Justin Barnes, of the EHR Association and Greenway Medical Technologies, explains CMS’ final rule for meaningful use criteria for EHR incentives. Read the Complete EHR Primer
EHR Incentives Update
Meeting the criteria for stimulus funding entails some big challenges If you're thinking about purchasing an electronic health record system, you have undoubtedly heard that the federal government is offering financial incentives to help you do that
Podcast: EHR Meaningful Use Update In this podcast, Justin Barnes, of the EHR Association and Greenway Medical Technologies, explains CMS’ final rule for meaningful use criteria for EHR incentives.
Podcast: Training Health IT Workers The federal government’s commitment to encourage more health information technology means there is a need for some 50,000 health IT workers in the next five years. One organization answering that call is the Oregon Institute of Technology, which just launched a health informatics degree program.
Podcast: Confused about Meaningful Use? In this podcast, Robert Tennant, senior policy advisor for the Medical Group Management Association, explains the EHR meaningful use draft criteria.
Podcast: EHR Incentives In this podcast, Justin Barnes, chairman of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association and vice president of marketing and government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies, explains the EHR incentives.
If you’re confused about the federal incentives to buy an EHR, you’re not alone. What exactly does “meaningful use” mean? We have the answers to this and other burning tech questions in our 2010 Technology Survey. More »
For those of you who don’t speak “text-ese,” this is a friendly reminder that it is time to head to the pharmacy for a refill of that prescription you’ve been taking …and the way more and more of your patients prefer to receive this message.
With Labor Day fresh in the rearview mirror, it is only a matter of time until we are handing out Halloween candy, carving the Thanksgiving turkey, and watching Medicare reimbursements drop by 21 percent. Sorry about that last image, but it is becoming more of a reality that Nov. 30 is becoming a date that physicians are watching very closely on their calendars.
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In late April Ron Parker group director of solutions projects for Canada Health Infoway Inc. previewed his new national electronichealthrecord (EHR) ... Infoway conference. "That’s not small. That’s big." Eighth in a series on electronichealthrecords. ...
staff at over 1400 sites — have almost completely implemented electronichealthrecords which are being made available to patients over the Internet. ... United States President Barack Obama pledged to vastly increase usage of electronichealthrecords during his campaign two years ago and now he ...
You can’t make the medical home model work on a practical basis without technology. But how to know what widgets are essential? Here’s your guide to the must-have technologies for your medical home practice.
Are you taking a close look at the fine print before signing your equipment leasing paperwork? You should be. We show you why and what pitfalls to avoid.
Patients want more from your Web site than a photo of you and directions to your office. They’re demanding interactivity and utility: They want to get stuff done online, like setting up appointments and making payments. Here’s how to have the coolest Web site in town.
What are your colleagues doing when it comes to information technology? Are they finally hearing the siren call of EHRs? Are they buying new practice management systems? We asked and you told us.
EHR companies are increasingly offering billing services, and vice versa. Is this just another way to squeeze money out of you, or does it make sense to combine the services?
With so much health information — some of it credible, some of it hokum — available on the Web, and so many of your patients using it to diagnose themselves before coming to see you, isn’t it time someone put together a physician-friendly guide to the Internet? Well, someone has.
You’ve been handwriting prescriptions for years and are reluctant to change. We understand. But e-prescribing technology is inexpensive, easy to use, and can make your life easier and keep your patients safer. Is it time to dump your Paper Mate?
Sure, the big IT tools help. But teaching your staff keyboarding, PC shortcuts, and how to use scanners and PDAs can go a long way toward boosting your operational efficiency.
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With Labor Day fresh in the rearview mirror, it is only a matter of time until we are handing out Halloween candy, carving the Thanksgiving turkey, and watching Medicare reimbursements drop by 21 percent. Sorry about that last image, but it is becoming more of a reality that Nov. 30 is becoming a date that physicians are watching very closely on their calendars.
