A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan found that Meaningful Use stage 1 is likely changing how hospitals sequence EHR adoption. Using data from the 2008 American Hospital Association (AHA) Information Technology (IT) Supplement data, the researchers calculated the adoption rates of individual EHR functions, along with Loevinger homogeneity (H) coefficients, to assess the sequence of EHR adoption across hospitals. They then compared the adoption rates and
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5 Key Barriers to EHR Replacement for Providers
New NextGen white paper focuses on five key barriers to EHR replacement holding most practices back from moving ahead with a much needed replacement of their EHR.
Replacing your current EHR is no easy undertaking. But it’s becoming a common trend, with about half of all providers currently unsatisfied with their EHR. Concern over EHR replacement costs can keep you up at night, but the benefits on the other side of replacement will make it all worthwhile. In fact, after a successful EHR
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HIPAA Audits: A 5 Step Survival Guide for Healthcare Providers
This post is sponsored by Compliancy Group LLC.
If you ask any health IT security professional today about what keeps them up at night, a full-scale data breach is probably at the top of the list. With regulatory fines in the millions and data breach notification/mitigation costs at even higher amounts, data breaches represent one of the greatest financial risks that healthcare providers contend with today. And in light of the new HIPAA Omnibus Rules, health IT vendors now face some of the
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Electronic Medical Records–Past, Present and Future?
Dr. Donald Voltz, MD discusses how the electronic medical records of today is merely a duplication of the past and how future EMR systems must align medical professionals with data that needs to be collaborative.
The open question regarding Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) is what they now offer the medical community and what would medical professionals need and envision for the next generation.
The Henry Ford adage: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said
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In-Depth: 12 HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch
On Thursday of this week, the HHS announced the twelve recipients of the second round of Health Care Innovation Awards program to test innovative models designed to deliver better care outcomes and lower costs. Twelve awards range in value from an expected $2 million to $18 million over a three-year period, with an average award size of $9 million. Each project will be monitored for measurable improvements in quality of care and savings generated.
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CareCloud Partners with BBVA Compass to Help Medical Practices Ease Administrative Burdens
CareCloud and BBVA Compass announced today that they are joining forces to help medical practices ease administrative burdens, improve client care and boost financial performance via an integrated package of bank services and healthcare technology.
The pairing is timely. According to CareCloud's 2014 Practice Profitability Index, which surveyed more than 5,000 physicians nationwide about their practices' financial health, nearly 40 percent of U.S. medical doctors see profitability trending down
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Delays Should Be Used to Strengthen Benefits for Patients and Families
Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families issues statement in response to the recently proposed meaningful use stage 2 delay to 2016 by CMS.
“Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released a proposed regulation giving hospitals, doctors and vendors more time to upgrade their electronic health records to the national standards released in September 2012 for use this year. While this
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Practice Fusion Launches Insight, the Largest Real-Time Healthcare Database
Today, Practice Fusion launched Insight by Practice Fusion, a powerful new free tool for healthcare professionals, public health organizations and research institutions to view current outbreaks, prescription usage and much more; premium edition offers in-depth pharmaceutical market information and custom reports. De-identified from a subset of more than 81 million patient records, Insight users can explore health and pharmaceutical market trends, including diagnoses across patient populations,
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Core Registration: The Umbrella Over All Health Systems and Data
This post is sponsored by Tools4Ever
Dean Wiech discusses healthcare’s ability to quickly anticipate the inflow, transfer and outflow of staff using a transparent and uniform overview of all personal data in a single system, a process called core registration. For many organizations, core registration is absent or incomplete.
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CMS Proposes New Rule to Extend Stage 2 Meaningful Use Through 2016 & Begin Stage 3 in 2017
New CMS proposed rule includes a provision to extend Stage 2 Meaningful Use through 2016 and begin Stage 3 MU in 2017.
Today, HHS published a new proposed rule that would provide eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals more flexibility in how they use certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (CEHRT) to meet meaningful use. The proposed rule, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for
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