The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included $17 billion in incentive payments for the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR). The payments began in 2011 and will end in 2016. In 2015, providers who have not adopted an EHR system will face financial penalties. But health care providers should proceed with caution. While the switch to EHR should improve the quality of care and increase [...]
A national network of cancer hospitals that has relied heavily on laptop computers for clinicians accessing electronic health records is phasing in iPads and iPhones, taking steps to mitigate the security risks involved. As it rolls out Apple mobile devices, Cancer Treatment Centers of America initially is limiting users to view-only access to clinical information, says Chad A. Eckes, CIO. At first, clinicians won’t be able to use the devices to place [...]
When Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki met at the Pentagon earlier this week, EHRs was one of the topics on the table. The meeting on Monday was one in a series the two secretaries have held on issues of common interest to both Departments. “The vision Secretary Panetta and I share is to provide an integrated, seamless experience to our people across their [...]
Going to electronic records is more than flipping a switch. Practices must determine what do with old charts — and how long to hang onto them. During the change to an electronic medical record system, the focus for many practices is on how data will be collected, stored and analyzed going forward. But in most cases, there are many years’ worth of historical data in paper files that physicians will [...]
LAS VEGAS – At HIMSS12 this week, Health Level Seven International (HL7) announced a pilot program that will offer some of its intellectual property, free of charge, in an effort to spur further EHR implementations. “HL7 is keeping its promise to lower the barriers to adoption of electronic healthcare records by making portions of our valuable intellectual property freely available to our stakeholders,” said Charles Jaffe, MD, CEO of HL7. [...]
In the “real” world, people expect to pay more for something if it’s of higher quality or offers superior performance. That free-market standard promotes higher-quality products and services. The healthcare industry, however, generally does not operate in this manner. Patients have few options for “kicking the tires,” so to speak, before electing to start a drug treatment, undergo surgery or therapy, or choose a physician. This inability to get a [...]
An article by Ron Sterling from the January/February 2012 issue of HBMA Billing. The upcoming ICD-10 start date of October 1, 2013 creates a critical path that can affect the EHR strategy and plans of you and your clients. For many third party billers and their clients, the months leading up to ICD-10 start date will be focused on two major tasks. • Implementing last minute changes to EHR systems [...]
A provider’s essential critical knowledge is often so obscured that the EHR becomes more of an obstacle than a useful source of clinical information. The meaningful use-compliant electronic health record (EHR) has quickly become very adept at capturing and sharing standardized, structured clinical content that can be communicated, stored, and to some extent consumed by other systems. Unfortunately, this strength is also the EHR’s greatest limitation. Amid the structured templates [...]
Mobile devices, data breaches and patient privacy rights were some of the most talked-about topics in health IT in 2011, and according to expert opinions complied by ID Experts, 2012 won’t be any different. In fact, experts continue to predict an upswing in mobile and social media usage, response plans, and even reputation fallout. Eleven industry experts outlined healthcare data trends to look for in 2012. 1. Mobile devices could [...]
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Learn about the positive impact of technology in health care. Innovative health care can save lives and every physician and health care provider has a stake in its success. Through the use of electronic health records (EHRs), the coordination of health care for an individual patient between various practitioner offices is more efficient and accurate, resulting in better overall patient care. With an EHR, a patient’s information is always current [...]
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Hospitals and eligible professionals will continue to report clinical quality measures for electronic health records meaningful use via attestation in 2012, just as they must do this year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services remains unable to electronically accept clinical quality measures. It has confirmed the attestation model for next year in separate final rules setting Medicare’s hospital outpatient prospective payment policies and the physician fee schedule. As in [...]
If you haven’t spent much time analyzing the costs of EHRs, this part of the process may be an eye opener. Why should one consider the hidden costs of EHRs? EHR costs are much more than just the initial purchase, implementation and maintenance fees. If a budget misses the hidden costs, an implementation could fail, degrade over time and worst-case scenario – bankrupt an organization. To help sort out these [...]
Health Data Management is now accepting nominations for its 2nd Annual EHR Game Changers recognition program, created to honor individuals who have been true game changers in the design, advocacy, deployment and development of electronic health records technology. Individuals from across the spectrum of industry stakeholders–hospitals, group practices, payers, associations, federal and state governments, and health technology vendors–have helped in the evolution of EHR technology and its increasing adoption by [...]
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