Author: trident50
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Fear and loathing in meaningful use
When it comes to the topic of meaningful use, Colin Banas, MD, is driven by fear. And he’s far from being the only one. The chief medical information officer at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center’s concern is the potential to fail meaningful use requirements because VCU sometimes tailors a vendor’s certified product in order…
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Viewpoints: What’s next for employer mandate; SCOTUS and retiree health plans; the ‘next big issue’
As complaints and cavils about the Affordable Care Act fall by the wayside, one piece of the law looms ever larger as its most controversial element: the employer mandate, which in 2016 will impose a penalty on businesses with 50 to 99 employees for not offering them health coverage (Michael Hiltzik, 5/12). …read more
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The JASON Report
On 4/09/2014, AHRQ released the 3. The report suggests that all data be encrypted at rest and in motion. Meaningful Use already requires encryption of data in motion. HIPAA requires compensating controls for data at rest, one of which is encryption of client devices. 4. The report describes separation of key management from data management.…
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Patient, technology groups push to expand digital care
Various groups see telemedicine as a potential boon for people with complex chronic diseases who have difficulty getting to the doctor. But there are hurdles from Medicare payment rules to state licensing restrictions. …read more
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North Carolina DHHS Signs N.C. HIE Data Use Agreement in Compliance with House Bill
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has executed the North Carolina Health Information Exchange (NC HIE) Data Use Agreement in compliance with the NC Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act of 2013 (House Bill 834). The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has executed the…
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Dr. Halamka Riffs on ICD-10, Stages 2 and 3
The outspoken John Halamka, M.D. fired off a number of comments on the major policy issues affecting healthcare IT leaders, specifically meaningful use and ICD-10, at the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Boston. The outspoken John Halamka, M.D. fired off a number of comments on the major policy issues affecting healthcare IT leaders, specifically meaningful…
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The Maturing of Population Health Management Technology
Toward the end of the opening population health management panel at the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Boston, Terry Carroll, Ph.D., chief innovation officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, had some biting words of wisdom for the conference attendees. Toward the end of the opening population health management panel at the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Boston, Terry…
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The Nurse Will See You Now
The Atlantic just wrote a piece highlighting the growing trend of non-physicians (commonly referred to as midlevels) providing healthcare. The reason is simple: supply and demand–more precisely, a fixed supply. For any location where a patient demands healthcare services, there is only a binary result: either there is a qualified healthcare professional available to deliver…
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EHR certification process could undergo ‘massive’ changes
The Health IT Policy Committee’s certification/adoption work group recommendis two major changes to certification. Paul Tang, vice chair of the work group, called the recommended changes “massive.” read more …read more
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Allscripts Sunrise Surgical Care 14.2 now available
Allscripts has announced Allscripts Sunrise Surgical Care 14.2, is now generally available. Allscripts Sunrise Surgical Care is an enterprise-wide solution developed on the Allscripts Sunrise (TM) EHR platform. According to the company it provides a continuous, patient-level record specialized to meet the distinct IT needs of surgery and perioperative care, including pre-operative, orders, and documentation.…