Meaningful Use Attestation Aggravation Proving that you've met meaningful use criteria and getting your first incentive check can prove frustrating. Here's how to avoid the most common headaches.
Meaningful Use Webinar Robert Anthony of CMS discusses the current state of Stage 1 of the agency's meaningful use incentive program and answers several questions that you may be facing at your practice.
20 Questions to Ask Your EHR Vendor Whether your practice is shopping around for an EHR or waiting for upgrades, it’s good to know what you’re in for, technology- and time-wise. Our experts weigh in with the questions you should be asking in either case.
Should You Scrap Your Legacy EHR? At some point, sticking with your old EHR will only cause you headaches. When is it time to start out anew?
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.
You've heard all the guidance about the importance of good patient relations and documentation as a way to avoid a malpractice suit. But now, you think you may have a problem. Here's what to do. More »
The path to ICD-10 conversion can seem like climbing to the other side of a very high mountain, but don't let that stop you from building a plan now. More »
Sure, EHR templates save time and make charts more complete. But if you rely on them too heavily, your chart can also be inaccurate. If your billing and charting makes it seem like every patient you see is the same and gets the same treatment, your payers might start to wonder how much of that work you actually are doing.
In this video, captured at MGMA11, Johnathan Bertman, Amazing Charts, explains the probelm.
Information to Medicare Advantage organizations and providers regarding the EHR incentive program|Information to Medicare Advantage organizations and providers regarding the EHR incentive program
The HIPAA Security Rule indeed represents good business practices. With the new higher fines resulting from ARRA/HITECH in 2009, medical practices and other covered entities would be well-served to adhere to and adopt the sound IT principles it contains.
If youre confused about the federal incentives to buy an EHR, youre not alone. What exactly does meaningful use mean? We have the answers to this and other burning tech questions in our 2010 Technology Survey.
Home page for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs established through the Recovery Act/HITECH Act of 2009.|Home page for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs established through the Recovery Act/HITECH Act of 2009.
Rumors of stricter enforcement of privacy and security rules have been heard before but this time theres reason to believe that tougher scrutiny is indeed coming.
BMJ Qual Saf. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000304. Original research. Electronichealthrecord-based surveillance of diagnostic errors in primary care. ... The authors tested an electronichealthrecord ( EHR)-based method to detect diagnostic errors in
Broad agreement on a common vocabulary with reliable definitions used by all is vital to pool and/or compare data across studies to promote interoperability of electronichealth records and to ... The increasing national focus on adoption of certified
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Because they treat many patients vulnerable to vaccine-preventable infections due to age-related declining immunity, chronic illnesses, or immunosuppressive treatments, medical residents are well placed to improve their patients' health by vaccinating them. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.|Because they treat many patients vulnerable to vaccine-preventable infections due to age-related declining immunity, chronic illnesses, or immunosuppressive tre
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Complexity-Ready Healthcare IT: Preparing for the Information Spiral It is dangerous enough for a social scientist like me—a decidedly non-engineering type —to comment on the "software spiral" that former Intel CEO, Andy Grove, famously talked about in the 1990s. So, to be a social scientist working for Intel who has decided to evoke the concept is perhaps utter lunacy, but I cannot think of a better metaphor for what's happening in healthcare. Read Eric Dishman's blog.
What Does Secure Healthcare Cloud Mean to You? What do I mean by secure healthcare cloud? A number of different industry service providers are starting to talk about "medical grade cloud" and what it might mean to the healthcare industry. Cisco coined the phrase "medical grade networks" in the 1990s to describe a network architecture and vision which comprised the best of what solutions and technology had to offer, in order to meaningfully address real-world challenges faced in the healthcare industry. Read this blog now.
Three Ways to Guard Against Lost Laptop Data Breaches It's every CIO's worst nightmare: a laptop computer with patient health information goes missing or is stolen. Not only does this breach jeopardize your patients' privacy, it almost always means costly penalties for your organization. Read more.
The Top 3 Characteristics of a Secure Healthcare Cloud Many experienced physicians are facing career-changing decisions these days. One of the toughest is whether to invest in electronic medical records and keep pace with advancing technology. See how one 80-something doctor made the transition.
Case Study: Protecting Healthcare Data in the Cloud A new Intel case study takes a closer look at one example of protecting healthcare data in the cloud. GNAX Health cloud solutions use Intel Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions (Intel AES-NI) to improve the security of sensitive data while increasing cryptographic performance by more than 60 percent over other encryption methods.
Innovation for Accountable Care Intel has developed a people-centered methodology to help Integrated Care Delivery Networks (ICDN) develop a process for redesigning workflows, build a culture of innovation, and understand IT's potential to support more coordinated care. In February 2011, Intel conducted a workshop based on this methodology with Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia. Read the results of this case study.
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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