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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced today that it recognizes widespread adoption of electronic health records could be used by doctors to both improve patient outcomes and assess ongoing clinical competence for purposes of medical...

We're finding more and more that electronic health records, as defined by the standards for "meaningful use," are far less than comprehensive. Mental health providers, with the exception of psychiatrists, aren't eligible for federal subsidies. Dental...

By John Moore Regional extension centers are gearing up fast to help healthcare providers quickly get up to speed on the newly released final rule on meaningful use. The Office of the National Coordinator has funded 60 centers nationwide, so far....

Looking not at all like a compromise bill reached in April after months of negotiations between Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, and Rep. Marc Corriveau, D-Northville, the Michigan Senate Health Policy Committee has approved a two-bill health care reform...

A recent study by Wells Fargo’s Online Business division indicates that small businesses with two to 10 employees can free up between approximately $19,500 and $43,000 in staff time per year by switching from paper to online: The biggest money saver...

Nurses at Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS) are helping provide a true community-wide electronic medical record (EMR) in the Ft. Myers area. The 1,450-bed provider is replacing current disparate information technology (IT) with an integrated clinical...

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology is about to lose its monopoly on EMR certification, as a final HHS rule establishing a temporary certification program requires testing organizations to earn government approval as...

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission has recommended a series of changes to the federal government's proposed rule on electronic health record certification, Healthcare IT News reports. EHNAC, a not-for-profit standards group, issued...

Last week, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal published an open letter touting the Nationwide Health Information Network as a model to help health care providers meet the "meaningful use" requirements of the 2009 federal economic stimulus...

In a comment letter sent Friday, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives stressed the importance of ensuring that the electronic health record certification process can adequately handle the demand to certify EHR systems, Healthcare...

By Liv Osby Stimulus money to the tune of $5.6 million was awarded to Health Sciences South Carolina with a goal of getting 1,000 primary care doctors in the state to adopt the new electronic medical records system. The funds will be used to set up a...

Yesterday, Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) introduced a bill (HR 5025) that would allow behavioral, mental health and substance abuse treatment providers to qualify for incentive payments for the "meaningful use" of electronic health...

By Mike Miliard CLEVELAND – Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine has received nearly $8 million in federal stimulus money from the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), the state designated entity for health information...

According to recommendations from a large collaboration of organizations, the success of the new federal incentives program for health information technology (“HIT”) largely depends on a specific set of health improvement goals, a prioritized set of...

By Andrea Kraynak Hospitals with electronic health records (EHR) may be eligible for meaningful use incentives as early as October 2010, and physicians follow soon after. What if a provider is hoping to take advantage of the incentives, but is still...