The first two stages of Meaningful Use have not gone far enough to develop an industry-wide health data infrastructure, says a new report compiled by...
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Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As of 2/28/2014 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
Meaningful use stages 1 and 2 fall short of implementing the interoperability among electronic health records that is necessary to facilitate information...
As soon as your health and medical records are being remained, accessed, changed and updated digitally, making use of computers or tablets or other devices...
There is no clear association between attesting to the meaningful use of electronic health records and improvements in the quality of patient care, according...
Gartner, HIMSS separately report rising interest in healthcare data warehousing SALT LAKE CITY, — Mounting evidence indicates the 57 percent of US...
As of the end of February, 458,137 eligible hospitals and professionals were participating in the meaningful use program, officials said during a Health IT...
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate and Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate eMail: audits@emradvocate.com Website: www.meaningfuluseaudits.com Download the...
If you’re thinking about EHR replacement, chances are you’re also looking for a way to optimize and streamline your participation in the EHR Incentive Programs...
Go-live is always an exciting time for hospitals and IT staff. After months of hard work, you finally feel all the work you did will see the light of day and...
Only 60% of healthcare organizations have a formalized EHR governance policy in place, says a new report from HIMSS Analytics, and just 63% of those...
The recent shortcomings of the healthcare.gov website may have put health information management (HIM) in the United States in a particularly uncomfortable...
Replacing an EHR that has failed to work well for a provider can be a tough and expensive decision. Is it worth going through all the hassle of a new...
Some regional extension centers are taking “extensive actions” to stay in business after federal funding for the four-year initiative comes to an...
A patient’s medical records used to be more or less a closed book. The large, sometimes inches-thick file sitting on the counter in the examination room, which...
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is an annual nationally representative survey...