November 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, Health, Health 2.0, Health Care, health IT
In the course of meeting Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria, Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, S.C., will have the basic infrastructure in place for health information exchange, which by design will enable meeting the more complex HIE requirements...
October 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, EMR, Health 2.0, Health Care, Hospital, Physician
Regional extension centers can help you select and implement an electronic health record system and attest to meaningful use. There are 62 RECs spread across the country. Implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system in your primary...
October 8, 2011 | In: CCHIT, Health 2.0, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The widespread development of health information exchange is happening quickly, and with it comes worries about confidentiality, privacy and security. But its benefits far outweigh potential concerns and include improved quality of care and reduced...
October 8, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EMR, Health, health IT, Health IT Policy, Medicare Law
HealthAmerica and Preferred Primary Care Physicians have launched a new pilot program aimed at providing more coordinated and patient-centered primary care and improved communications among patients, physicians and care teams. Preferred consists of 32...
September 17, 2011 | In: AMGA, CCHIT, EHR, EMR, ePrescribing, Health Care, health IT, Health IT Policy, Hospital
If properly executed, green IT can mean healthcare organizations see fewer bills, contribute lower levels of carbon emissions, and enjoy an easier transition into mandated practices. But it has to be done right. Noble and potentially...
September 5, 2011 | In: CCHIT, health IT, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture have signed a memorandum of understanding linking rural hospitals and clinicians to capital loan programs to help them purchase software and hardware needed to implement health IT. On Aug....
August 17, 2011 | In: ARRA, CCHIT, EMR Stimulus Package, health IT, Health IT Policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government's soaring healthcare bill will be high on the agenda of Congress's new deficit-cutting "super committee," which has been assigned the task of finding by November 23 at least $1.2 trillion in savings. Few major...
June 23, 2011 | In: AMGA, ARRA, CCHIT, Health Care, health IT, Health IT Policy, HIMSS, HITECH Act
The Obama administration on Friday said it would stop granting new waivers to the health-care overhaul in September following sharp opposition from Republicans who cited the waivers in their bid to undermine the law. As of the end of May, the...
May 2, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Hospital
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will pay physicians four to eight weeks after they verify that they have satisfied conditions for meaningful use of electronic health records. That means that the soonest that CMS will issue incentives is...
April 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EMR Stimulus Package, Physician
President Obama on April 13 rebutted a House Republican plan to trim $4 trillion worth of federal deficits over a decade with his own proposal that he said would protect guaranteed benefits in Medicare and Medicaid. Obama also proposed that the...
April 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Health Care, health IT, Physician
For those of you who do not know me personally, I am an internist and have been in private practice in central Florida for more than 30 years. Like so many of you, I have had to make changes -- expensive changes -- over the years to keep my office up...
April 19, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, Electronic Health Records, Health Care, health IT
The Homeland Security Department plans to acquire an electronic health record system to improve the quality and efficiency of its health care for illegal aliens and other foreign fugitives detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
April 19, 2011 | In: CCHIT, health IT, Health IT Policy, HIMSS, HITECH Act
"OCR’s requested budget will support our ability to protect the public’s right to equal access and opportunity to participate in and receive services from all the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) programs without facing unlawful...
March 25, 2011 | In: AMGA, CCHIT, E-Prescription, EHR companies, Health, Health IT Policy, HITECH Act, Physician
This week, a loose federation of left-leaning groups is convening nearly 200 gatherings to peddle the virtues of health-care reform. A women’s speak-out in Philadelphia. A small-business round-table discussion in Albuquerque. A fish fry for seniors...
March 16, 2011 | In: ARRA, CCHIT, health IT, Health IT Policy, HIMSS, HITECH Act
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded three contracts totaling $9.2 million to the Georgia Health Policy Center to support programs that use health IT and other strategies to promote access to health care in rural areas of the...
