Meaningful Use (MU)
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DeSalvo Unveils ONC Plans For Health IT Beyond HITECH Act
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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DeSalvo: America 'Waiting For Us To Get Interoperability Right'
Calling it a “changing of the horizon,” national coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, said that her office is working to refresh the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. “It’s an opportunity to look at HIT beyond the EHR and policy levers beyond meaningful use,” DeSalvo said of the forthcoming plan...
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Diabetics Receive Better Care from Docs with EHRs
Although meeting Meaningful Use hasn't exactly been the easiest of feats for hospital CIOs, perhaps they can take solace in knowing that their patients will receive vastly superior care to those treated by doctors using paper records, according to the results of a new study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More »
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Digital Records May Not Cut Health Costs, Study Cautions
Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often, a study published on Monday concludes. Read More »
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Direct Project Reaches Consensus on Trust Framework
On Friday September 22, 2011, members of the Direct Project Rules of the Road workgroup reached consensus on a key component of the trust framework necessary to make Direct exchange expand nationally and be available to more users. Read More »
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Direct Project Will Be Required in the Next Version of Meaningful Use
The Direct Project is poised to become the first health Internet platform.
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Direct Protocol May Favor Large Providers And Vendors
A medical group's call for allowing licensed physicians, without vendor interference, to designate any recipients or senders of messages using the Direct protocol puts a spotlight on nagging EHR interoperability issues. Read More »
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Disbursement Of Federal Health IT Incentives Tops $7 Billion
Federal funds continue to benefit health-care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records. As of September, incentive programs have distributed more than $3.9 billion through Medicare, $3.5 billion through Medicaid, according to figures provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read More »
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Divurgent And Medsphere Join Forces To Tackle Meaningful Use And ICD-10 Challenges
Divurgent, an innovative provider of healthcare IT consulting services, today announced a strategic partnership with Medsphere Systems Corporation. Through this agreement, Divurgent will support Medsphere clients in transforming care while addressing various industry compliance initiatives including Meaningful Use, ICD-10, and value-based purchasing models. Read More »
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Doc Helps Lead Blue Button 'Revolution'
Watch out for a French person talking about revolution. “The patient is the revolutionary in healthcare these days,” said Dr. Bettina Experton, a French-born oncologist turned U.S. citizen and health IT entrepreneur. “That is why I think Blue Button is revolutionary.” Read More »
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Docs Blame EHRs For Lost Productivity
Nearly 60 percent of ambulatory providers surveyed for a new IDC Health Insights report say they're unsatisfied with their electronic health records, citing frustrations with usability and workflow. Read More »
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Docs Favor Paper Over Portals, Study Shows
Patient portals will become a big part of the requirements doctors must fulfill for Stage 2 meaningful use in the HER incentive program. And that means, doctors have a long way to go to get there, because the vast majority still like communicating the old-fashioned way. Read More »
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Docs Flock To Cloud To Save Bottom Line
Cloud-based EHRs with integrated billing solutions favored to save independent practices from take-over Read More »
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Docs In For Stage 2 Rude Awakening
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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Docs Working with Regional Extension Centers Attest to MU Obstacles
Nearly three-fourths (74 percent) of physicians working with regional extension centers (RECs) to attest to the Meaningful Use of their electronic health records have encountered problems in doing so, according to the RECs that have reported the issue to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). Read More »
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