Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families issues statement on how health IT is improving care for patients and families on the 5 year anniversary of the HITECH Act.
“Five years after enactment of the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act on February 17, 2009, health information technology (IT) is helping to improve the experiences of patients and families and transform our health care system.
Patients and families have
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Fewer Than 25% of Providers Are Ready for Meaningful Use Stage 2
Fewer than 25% of providers in the US are ready for Meaningful Use Stage 2, according to data from CMS and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Stage 3 Meaningful Use Should Incorporate Criteria to Reduce Disparities, Advocates Say
The National Partnership for Women & Families states the extra time associated with announced delay in stage 3 Meaningful Use must be used to advance consumer goals.
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CMS Proposes Stage 2 and 3 Meaningful Use Extension
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed a new timeline for the implementation of meaningful use.
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Test Your Meaningful Use IQ – Stage 2 and 2014
It’s not too early to start learning about Meaningful Use Stage 2, test your basic knowledge by taking this quiz.
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Meaningful Use of Obamacare
Healthcare.gov was “experiencing technical difficulties” again yesterday, but the system is up now. Thirty days after it went live, the Federal insurance marketplace, the flagship of Obamacare, is still hopelessly broken
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Breathing Room for Meaningful Use Stage 3 Appears on the Horizon
Amid the abundant (and yet unanswered) pleas from all quarters to extend or delay Stage 2 comes some potential good news about the scheduling of Meaningful Use Stage 3: It’s becoming clearer and clearer that Stage 3 won’t start for anyone before 2017—at the earliest.
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Hospital Could Gain $1M In Reimbursement From Meaningful Use Stage 1
Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center in Bandon, OR could potentially gain as much as $1 million in reimbursement for attesting to Meaningful Use Stage 1, The World reports.
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EHR Survival of the Fittest: Only Well Designed EHRs Will Survive
This is EHR survival of the fittest and only well designed EHRs will survive. Did you choose a survivor or, better yet, a thriver?
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How Much More Evidence Does CMS Need? Physicians Find Meaningful Use Too Complex
What more evidence does CMS need to prove that physicians simply find meaningful use too complex, too time-consuming, and too costly?
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