Author: trident50
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Morning Headlines 7/1/14
Medical Boards Draft Plan to Ease Path to Out-of-State and Online Treatment State medical board from across the country have unveiled draft legislation that will ease licensure restrictions that are currently preventing doctors from treating patients that live in other states, a change that proponents of telehealth have been lobbying for for some time. American…
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CHIME: Meaningful Use flexibility rule provides ‘much needed relief’
Another major stakeholder has weighed in early on the federal government’s proposed rule providing flexibility in the criteria to be used when attesting to Meaningful Use in 2014, with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives supporting the “new pathways” in the rule. read more …read more
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drchrono is Now Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certified; Voted #1 Mobile EHR in Black Book Rankings 2014
drchrono has announced it has officially been certified for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2. The company enhanced the EHR platform with new features as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services EHR Incentive Program, i.e. Meaningful Use. InfoGard Laboratories completed the platform certification review. Some of the new features within the platform which…
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Amazing Charts Scores 82 on EHR System Usability Scale
The Amazing Charts 7.0 EHR achieved an overall score of 82 on the System Usability Scale Questionnaire, which was verified by Drummond Group. The score not only places Amazing Charts in the top ten percent of all scores, it also outpaces major competitors such as Allscripts (65), Greenway PRIME suite (81.5), and Practice Fusion (69).…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 6/30/14
I spent most of this weekend doing a special project. Our coding and compliance officers approached me about how some of our providers’ notes look in EHR. They had seen some notes that were “really awful” and naturally assumed that something was going on with the EHR to cause them to be that way. Our…
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Many Medical Groups Favor Affiliations with ACO, PHO or IPA Models Over Formal Mergers: MGMA
More than 40 percent of medical practice executives responding to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) research indicate that they have or are planning to informally integrate their practice with other healthcare organizations. This includes clinical integration with a hospital or health system, as well as forming or joining an accountable care organization (ACO), physician/hospital…
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HIE Group Adds Six New Members
Six large regional health information exchanges (HIEs) have joined the Mid-State Consortium of Health Information Organizations, bringing the total number of member organizations to 23 spanning across 18 states in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Six large regional health information exchanges (HIEs) have joined the Mid-State Consortium of Health Information Organizations, bringing the total…
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Videoconferencing eases stress for pediatric patients
Pediatric hospital patients find comfort in being able to interact with family and friends via videoconferencing, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. read more …read more
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FDA’s social media guidance: Better late than never
It’s nice to see the FDA finally catch up with how consumers and patients are sharing information online, especially since medical device manufacturers, pharma companies and other healthcare professionals are are doing the exact same thing. read more …read more
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Hospital CISO: Balancing security of, access to patient data my toughest task
The ability to protect patient data while simultaneously ensuring that clinicians can use that data to provide adequate care requires a tremendous ability to balance priorities. read more …read more