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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.
 

Patient Portals: Going Beyond Meaningful Use
While practices are using patient portals to show meaningful use of EHRs, they can also help increase practice efficiency and improve the quality of care.

 

Teaching Meaningful Use to Your Staff
Involving your support staff is essential to achieving meaningful use of a certified EHR. Do you have a plan?

 

Video: Understanding Meaningful Use of EHRs
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, sat down with Physicians Practice at the MGMA 2010 annual conference to explain the overall goal of the EHR transition and the status of clarifications of the criteria.

 

Tool: Meaningful Use Stage 1 Crib Sheet
 

Tool: Meaningful Use Checklist

Meaningful Use: The Electronic Communication Requirement
 

Related stories from our Practice Notes blog:

Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rules Present Challenges for Practices 

Many Physicians Not Ready for Stage 2 Requirements of Meaningful Use 

Survey Sheds Light on Mobile, Tech Trends Among Practice-Based Physicians 

Stage 2 of Meaningful Use Pushed to 2014

Number of Primary-Care Providers Using RECs Tops 100,000

Meaningful Use Attestation – Not As Hard As I Thought

Meaningful Use — Is the Payoff Worth the Change? 

My Continuing Journey Toward Meaningful Use Attestation 

My Practice's Initial Experience with Meaningful Use Attestation 

Stage 2 Meaningful Use Briefing Highlights Provider Challenges


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MeaningfulUse

Measuring the ROI of Your Medical Practice's EHR
An EHR's impact on practice productivity can render meaningful use incentive payments irrelevant. More »
EHR Use from the Physician Assistant Perspective
The promise of the EHR is to do the administrative work of recordkeeping in a medical practice better, and easier, than paper records. So far, our EHR is meeting that promise. More »
Comments Highlight Concerns Over Stage 2 of CMS’ Meaningful Use Program
Judging by the extensive comments that have come in since CMS posted the Stage 2 proposal, stakeholders have plenty to say when it comes to how the rule will affect physician practices. More »
State HIE to Provide Easier Care Coordination for Physicians
Connecticut’s HIE promises state physicians a slew of great benefits, so long as they have EHRs. More »
Meaningful Use: The Electronic Communication Requirement
Electronic communication between healthcare providers has the potential to radically change healthcare. Referring physicians, consultants, and patients all stand to gain from its use; so why are physicians hesitating? More »
Meaningful Use Attestation: Get Your Questions Answered
Join us May 22 for a webinar on meaningful use attestation with Rob Anthony of CMS, who will answer your questions on the EHR incentive program. More »
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"Meaningful use" of EHRs is tracking patient data, but is it making a difference in overall patient care? Lucien Roberts explores this question and how future stages of the government initiative could impact medical practices. More here.


Watch our other meaningful use videos:

 

Making the Most of 'Meaningful Use' for Your Practice

 

Jonathan Bush Takes on Meaningful Use and Interoperability

 

PracticeNotesBlog


The Physicians Start-Up Guide: Buying an Existing Practice
Ike Devji, JD , May 22, 2012

Here's a simple checklist of common issues to consider when you are thinking of buying an existing medical practice or buying out a retiring partner / practice owner.

Work-Life Balance Obstacles: Be Smart with Your Medical Charts
Jennifer Frank, MD , May 22, 2012

Here are 10 tips to improve documentation at your medical practice to get you out of the office and back home to spend time with your family.

The Right People in the Right Roles Is Key to Your Medical Practice
Sue Irwin, MCS-P , May 22, 2012

No longer can a medical practice be run like it was in the last century. A successful medical practice must run more as a professional business.