Just as I clarified last week in my post about Certification, the answer to the question “do we need more or less healthcare IT regulation and legislation” is that we need the right amount of the right regulations/legislation. Sometimes when clinicians prescribe medication, although it does therapeutic good, it creates side effects which need to be addressed by changing a dose or by adding additional medications. Such is the case with HITECH. It was generally good medicine, but now that we’ve seen the side effects on workflow, clinician burden, and efficiency, there needs to be a dose adjustment...
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
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DeSalvo Delivers First Remarks To Health IT Policy Committee
Kyle Murphy | EHR Intelligence | January 14, 2014
[...] During the first meeting of the HIT Policy Committee and her second day of office, [Karen] DeSalvo delivered her first remarks which consisted mostly of an overview of her background with a particular focus on her most recent experiences as the City Health Commissioner of New Orleans. Read More »
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DeSalvo Unveils ONC Plans For Health IT Beyond HITECH Act
Kyle Murphy | EHR Intelligence | June 2, 2014
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is preparing itself for the next era of health IT adoption, one that will not rely primarily on financial incentives for healthcare providers...
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Despite $600 Million From Stimulus, Jury Out On Health Information Exchanges
Bruce Japsen | Forbes.com | December 2, 2014
Despite $600 million in federal dollars allocated to creating health information exchanges designed to facilitate sharing of patient medical information, more work needs to be done to show whether they are living up to their promise, a new RAND Corp. study indicates...
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Do We Need More or Less Healthcare IT Regulation and Legislation?
By John D. Halamka, MD | July 13, 2016
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Docs In For Stage 2 Rude Awakening
Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | January 22, 2014
Most office-based physicians are not prepared for the October 2014 beginning attestation date. In fact, many aren't even close. Only 13 percent say their electronic health record systems have the abilities to support 14 of the 17 core Stage 2 objectives, according to a new CDC trends report released last week. Read More »
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Doctors' Dissatisfaction With EHRs May Be 'Early Warning Of Deeper Quality Problems'
Susan Jones | CNS News | October 18, 2013
Electronic health records are a source of frustration to many physicians, according to a study on physician satisfaction sponsored by the American Medical Association. Read More »
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Editor's Letter: 10 Years And 6 Czars Into HIT, Where Are We Now?
Diana Manos | Government Health IT | December 23, 2013
It has been almost a decade since President George W. Bush launched the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and since that time hordes of pilots, projects, grants, initiatives, federal advisory committees and regulations have been launched or established. Read More »
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EHR Adoption Tripled Since 2010, Report Shows
Carol Ko | DOTmed.com | July 9, 2013
Ongoing debate around EHR's cost savings potential hasn't kept hospitals from adopting the technology at a rapid rate, according to a new report co-authored by Mathematica Policy Research and Harvard School of Public Health. Read More »
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EHRs For Behavioral Health Tough Task
Tom Sullivan | Healthcare IT News | March 11, 2014
Behavioral health and long-term post-acute care are perhaps the two most significant areas left out of the meaningful use program. “When we look at the big circle of care, there’s a huge hole — behavioral health,” said Mark Caron, CIO of Capital Blue. “Behavioral health is a mess.”
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Electronic Health Record Adoption Uneven Across U.S.
Sharyn Alden | Center For Advancing Health (CFAH) | June 27, 2013
A new study in Health Services Research finds wide geographic variation in the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by ambulatory health care sites, ranging from a high of 88 percent to a low of just 8 percent. Read More »
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Electronic Health Records Purchasing Study Highlights Changes In Demand Drivers Since HITECH Act
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Software Advice |
May 23, 2013
Study by Software Advice shows that current EHR buying activity is increasingly driven by a need to replace existing, unsuccessful EHR implementations as replacement of paper charts declined. Read More »
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Enhancing Patient Safety And Quality Of Care By Improving The Usability Of Electronic Health Record Systems: Recommendations From AMIA
Blackford Middleton, Meryl Bloomrosen, Mark A Dente, et. al. | JAMIA | January 25, 2013
In response to mounting evidence that use of electronic medical record systems may cause unintended consequences, and even patient harm, the AMIA Board of Directors convened a Task Force on Usability to examine evidence from the literature and make recommendations. This task force was composed of representatives from both academic settings and vendors of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Read More »
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Four Years Later: The Impact Of The HITECH Act On EHR Implementations
David Fried | The Profitable Practice | May 21, 2013
Since 2009, Software Advice has gathered data on tens of thousands of practices looking to purchase medical software. We’ve tapped into that data to determine [the following]: Read More »
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GAO Comes Down On Meaningful Use Program
Bernie Monegain | Government Health IT | March 12, 2014
The Government Accountability Office has recently raised an alarm that the meaningful use incentive program might not be all that it’s cracked up to be.
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GOP Senators: Health IT Policy Needs 'Reboot'
Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | April 17, 2013
Six Republican Senators are asking the healthcare community for input on “recalibrating” health information technology policy, arguing that there are several problems with the current trajectory of the meaningful use program. Read More »
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