The questions are beginning to swirl around the announcement that Stage 2 and Stage 3 of Meaningful Use will be extended by a year. How will the delay affect...
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Health and Human Services delayed implementation of ICD-10 codes until Oct. 1, 2014. That deadline is just a few months away and now is the time to establish a...
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) has selected Clearwater Compliance CEO and founder Bob Chaput, CISSP, CIPP/US, CHP, CHSS, to lead a webinar...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for health care providers to meet Stage 2 meaningful use requirements for the...
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new timeline to meet the requirements of its meaningful-use incentive program for...
Hospitals are employing safeguards to prevent electronic health record fraud and abuse to varying degrees, but must do more, according to a new report from the...
HIMSS Analytics has announced that CarePoint Health’s Bayonne Medical Center has achieved Stage 6 on the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM). According to HIMSS...
The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) will affect every patient in this country. The EMR is a digital version of a paper chart that contains all of a patient’s...
Dealing with open source coding can often be a double-edge sword in that the work sparks innovation and economic efficiency, but there’s also the notion to...
CMS and the ONC have announced that the next two phases of the EHR Incentive Programs will be extended in order to provide more time for professionals to adapt...
Using natural language processing technology in electronic health record systems has helped identify patients with multiple sclerosis and collect information...
Hospitals and physician offices aren’t the only organizations getting aboard the EHR bandwagon. Long-term care facilities are increasingly adopting electronic...
Even with the proposed extension of the timeline for eligible professionals and hospitals to complete Stage 2 Meaningful Use and begin Stage 3, eligible...
Those wanting an expanded governmental role and those opposing it are fighting the wrong battle in the wrong way. The battle over a national healthcare policy...













