Category: EHR
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Dear Washington Post: Patients privacy rights are no joke
I read with dismay last week’s article by well known Washington Post business columnist Michelle Singletary, who questioned whether several hospital employees should have been fired by a hospital in New Zealand for inappropriately accessing the hospital’s electronic health record to view the information of a patient with a “titillating” medical emergency, and then sharing the records…
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ONC official: Criticism of MU program interoperability ‘misguided’
Criticism of the current lack of focus on interoperability of electronic health record systmes in the Meaningful Use program is “misguided,” according to Judy Murphy, deputy national coordinator for programs and policy at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, who spoke last week at a symposium in Philadelphia. read more
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Anesthesiologists ask for MU hardship, criteria exemptions
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has asked the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to maintain the hardship exemption for anesthesiologists beyond Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program, and to exempt anesthesiologists from some of the Stage 2 attestation criteria. read more
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EHR Benefit – Eliminate Staff
It’s time for the next installment in my series of posts looking at the long list of EHR benefits . Eliminate Staff The idea of eliminating staff is a really hard one to talk about. Often the staff in a medical office becomes a family and so it’s really hard to think about losing a…
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EHR and HIT News for April 30th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes an update from Anoto who has announced that 9 million devices using their technology have been shipped around the world, as well as news from MedAptus regarding interoperability for their customers. In other news TSI Healthcare has announced that Western Carolina Eye Associates has been selected a Circle of…
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EHR transition may be financially risky for hospitals
Adoption of expensive electronic health record systems may hurt a hospital’s bottom line, despite promises that the new systems will increase efficiencies and lower costs.
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Washington Debrief: CMS, ONC to Hold Listening Session on EHR Upcoding
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) will host a listening session on May 3 to discuss the increase in code levels billed for some Medicare services, and appropriate coding in an increasingly electronic environment. CMS, ONC to Hold Listening Session on Billing…
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CTS Explores the Medical Practice Management Challenges of EMR / EHR Software
A new article series presented by CTS, a publisher of medical software reviews and evaluation tools, explores some of the significant medical practice management challenges related to EMR / EHR software. Written by medical software expert and CTS President, Sheldon Needle, the series sheds light on problems associated with managing patient data electronically and how…
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OpenText RightFax And EMR/EHR Systems
When you choose an EMR/EHR for your physician group or hospital system, you make a choice to move away from paper records. However, you still need to deliver protected health information (PHI) as part of ordering tests or referring patients – and other health providers need to share PHI with you. You may still have…
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Digital Document Delivery And Management: Achieving Compliance, Security And Improved Patient Care
The HITECH Act’s financial incentive programs have become one of the major drivers for the increased adoption of health IT among healthcare providers. Nearly 2,000 hospitals and more than 41,000 physicians have received a total of $3.1 billion in incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of health IT.1 As healthcare providers participate in multiple internally…