Meaningful Use Webinar - May 22, 2012 Join us Tuesday, May 22 for a webinar on meaningful use attestation with Rob Anthony of CMS, who will answer your questions on the EHR incentive program. Registration is required for this event.
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.
'How I Met Meaningful Use'
Here's some advice from practices that have already successfully "attested" to MU and have cashed their checks.
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.
Forget about meaningful use and ICD-10. The deep talk at HIMSS 2012 was about iPads, data mining, game-like patient apps, and - what's that? - more EHR products? More »
It's not just the software that makes an EHR tick; it's also the vendor behind it. Here's how to find out if you and the vendor are truly a perfect match. More »
HealtheCareers Network recently released its analysis of the healthcare employment market based on industry job openings posted in the first quarter of 2012.
Physicians report having a great interest in obtaining federal funds for adopting electronic health record technology, but two barriers to such adoption are lack of information about how to receive federal incentive funds and concerns about the initial cost of adopting EHRs.|Physicians report having a great interest in obtaining federal funds for adopting electronic health record technology, but two barriers to such adoption are lack of information about how to receive federal incentive funds and concerns
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.
July/August 2009 | www.aafp.org/fpm | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | 19 The economic stimulus package offers $19 billion in health IT incentives, but it also creates new penalties. ... Kibbe, MD, MBA, and Jason Mitchell, MD and Other Commonly Asked
The article answers physicians' questions about the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which allocated $19.5 billion for the adoption of health care information technology and modified the HIPAA requirements.
The recently passed federal stimulus package includes changes to federal health information privacy and security provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, that will affect physician practices. According to health care policy experts, however, the extent of that impact remains to be seen.
Just beating a year-end deadline, the Obama administration has released details of its program to encourage adoption of electronic health record ( EHR) systems by physicians and hospitals. ... He emphasized, both in the. NEJM. article and with reporters,
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Interaction Patterns of Nurturant Support Exchanged in Online Health Social Networking|Background: Expressing emotion in online support communities is an important aspect of enabling e-patients to connect with each other and expand their social resources. Indirectly it increases the amount of support for coping with health issues. Exploring the supportive interaction patterns in online health social networking would help us better understand how technology features impacts user behavior in this context. Ob
Overview of a program for medical students, residents and fellows, and academic medical center faculty to train them in useful handoff and handoff evaluation techniques. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.|Overview of a program for medical students, residents and fellows, and academic medical center faculty to train them in useful handoff and handoff evaluation techniques.
Dr. Anthony is with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University. ... Abstract. The mental health field continues to be concerned about the use of seclusion and of mechanical and chemical
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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