For all my IT friends and colleagues in the medical field- “Listen Up”. There is a contest out there that I think you would be very interested in. The prizes are worthwhile but knowing that you are helping to shape the health IT future is even more to grin about!. Here it is… ONC Launches [...]
While the SCOTUS ruling does not alter the meaningful use program (created by the 2009 federal economic stimulus package), which structures health IT, it does provide incentive to adoption of EMRs by doctors. Some of the law’s Medicare programs give preference to physicians and medical facilities who have implemented electronic medical record systems (as well [...]
Over the last 2 weeks, CMS (centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) issued the requirements for Stage 2 meaningful Ue and certification of electronic health records. The discussion about exchange of health information among systems and health facilities, laboratories and pharmacies is stressed, but not new. What is new and exciting is the realization and [...]
Michael Dell stressed the use of electronic health records at the latest Health Evolution Partners Leadership Summit. Mr. Dell strongly promotes health IT to improve healthcare efficiency as well as preventative health and wellness. He feels that there is a marked connection between increasing exposure to information technology and better medical care. As written by [...]
It has been proposed that 3rd party systems who had been exempt from HIPAA, like billing companies, customer service contractors and others who received patient information, should be held accountable at the same degree as hospitals and healthcare providers. Violation of privacy rules would subject them to fines. This is not just a slap on [...]
According to the International Health Policy Survey, polling ten thousand primary care physicians in 11 nations, the United States lags behind other countries in implementation of health information technology and decreasing the overall access to care. The decline in IT and primary physicians is directly lowering the quality of healthcare here. Only 46% of U.S. [...]
With escalating costs and decreased reimbursements, it will be hard enough to come up with funds for electronic record implementation, let alone training for it. The government thinks so too. In August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publicized that it was making $1.2 billion available to create regional health information technology centers. [...]
