Author: trident50
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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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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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Study: Majority of Hospitals Don’t Participate in HIE
The majority of hospitals do not engage in the electronic exchange of health information, according to the findings of a study by researchers from the University of Michigan and Harvard University. The majority of hospitals do not engage in the electronic exchange of health information, according to the findings of a study by researchers from…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Doc groups urge extension of MU hardship application deadline
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) have sent a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services beseeching the agency to extend the hardship exemption application deadline for eligible professionals (EPs). The current deadline is July 1. read more …read more