Author: trident50
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Meaningful Use As a Requirement for Medical Licensure
About a year ago, you might remember the article I wrote about the Massachusetts law that would require doctors to be meaningful EHR users to have a medical license. The law was shocking then and the idea is shocking to consider even now. The good news is that it looks like the law is going…
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HIStalk Interviews Bruce Bethancourt, MD, Chief Medical Officer, St. Vincent Medical Group
Bruce Bethancourt, MD is chief medical officer of St. Vincent Medical Group of Indianapolis, IN. What are the biggest challenges for the medical group? The biggest challenge is that with the Affordable Care Act, not so much now but in the near future, so many more people that will have access to care. We really…
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Capsules: Single-Payer advocates hit capitol with new sense of reality; Minnesota, Not Florida, not Hawaii, is healthiest state for seniors
Now on Kaiser Health News’ blog, Julie Rovner reports on the single-payer message on Capitol Hill: “Advocates for a single-payer “Medicare for all” health system are fanning out across Capitol Hill this week, lobbying members of Congress. …read more
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Medicaid expansion stalled in several states
Montana’s Democratic governor considers calling lawmakers into special session to take up the expansion despite signs of GOP opposition, while state officials in Utah and Louisiana refuse to approve expansions in those states. …read more
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Medicare payments under the microscope
Whether the federal program should pay the same for a treatment whether the patient gets it at a doctor’s office or, say, an outpatient hospital facility, was the focus of a congressional hearing. …read more
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2000+ EMR and HIPAA Blog Posts and 9.5 Million Pageviews Later
We just passed 2000 blog posts on EMR and HIPAA (officially this is blog post #2009) and we’re right at 9.5 million pageviews since we first started this blog. Plus, to round out the numbers, we just passed 12,000 (officially 12,065) comments on the blog as well. I’m honestly not really sure how to process…
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St. Joseph Health to Launch Platform for Strategic Interoperability
St. Joseph Health (SJH), an integrated healthcare delivery system serving patients in California, Texas and New Mexico is launching its health informatics platform, tapping the Cambridge, Mass.-based InterSystems to deploy its HealthShare technology. St. Joseph Health (SJH), an integrated healthcare delivery system serving patients in California, Texas and New Mexico is launching its health informatics…
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Meaningful Use Today…Meaningful Interoperability Tomorrow?
0 A recent white paper written by the JASON initiative criticized the current lack of interoperability in the healthcare industry, arguing that patients getting access to their information is still far too challenging. Are the paper’s concerns valid? Last November, a white paper written by the JASON initiative within the McLean, Va.-based Mitre Corp., and…
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Medical Students May Benefit From Guidance in the Use of Social Media
Medical students use social media extensively, but medical schools may need to offer more guidance in potential pitfalls, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Medical students use social media extensively, but medical schools may need to offer more guidance in potential pitfalls, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. “We assessed how…
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Functional Impairments May Hamper EHR Access for Seniors, Study Finds
Elderly people with functional impairments or chronic illness may have trouble accessing and utilizing their electronic health records online, says a new research study. Elderly people with functional impairments or chronic illness may have trouble accessing and utilizing their electronic health records online, says a new research study. The study looked at responses from the…