Category: EHR
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Morning Headlines 3/12/14
Federal panel approves MU Stage 3 recommendations The Health IT Policy Committee approves the Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements that were recommended by its health policy workgroup, but only after cutting 30 percent of the functionality that was originally proposed. 2014 CEHRT Hardship Exception Guidance CMS publishes its revised hardship exemption criteria for EHs and…
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Satisfaction of HIE vendors dips
Satisfaction with health information exchange solutions has dropped an average of 8 percent since last year, as provider demands have outpaced vendor delivery, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS Research. read more …read more
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HIT policy committee approves Meaningful Use Stage 3 recommendations
The Health IT Policy Committee today voted to approve the Meaningful Use Work Group’s Stage 3 recommendations. read more …read more
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Unintended ICD-10 Consequences: Inadequate Clinical Documentation Can Negatively Impact Physician Profiles – ICD-10 Tuesdays
The following is a guest blog post by Minnette Terlep from Amphion Medical Solutions. Often lost in the overarching conversation surrounding the potential negatives of ICD-10 is the very real impact it could have on the selection of physicians and hospitals by health plans, MCOs and shared-risk organizations for participation in provider networks. To succeed,…
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Morning Headlines 3/11/14
GOP senators want specifics on hardship exemptions Six Republican senators are calling on CMS to provide more details on its plan to grant healthcare providers more lenient hardship exemptions for Stage 2 Meaningful Use. Coroner blames “failure” of NHS computer system for boy’s death In England, a coroner at Royal United Hospital blames a new…
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What’s the Mission of Your Healthcare Organization?
Saturday I had the tremendous (that’s in the sarcasm font in case you missed it) opportunity to do a pediatric walk in visit for my daughter. Everything is fine and my daughter’s doing well. However, while I was waiting in the lobby, I saw the following sign posted on the wall: For those who can’t…
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Do EMRs make it too easy to fudge documentation?
Scribes in the healthcare industry are becoming increasingly popular. They allow physicians to focus on treating patients while freeing docs from the data-input required to document each visit. But one anonymous scribe says electronic medical records systems make it too easy to bill for things the physician did not do–such as counsel a patient to…
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Good Decisions, EMR Sales, and Patient Data Availability
Hilary Clinton, “Good data helps make for good decisions.” http://t.co/pCDpnJnMUy @plcerrato #HIMSS14 #EMR — Vanessa Ulrich (@vanessulr) March 6, 2014 This is true if the actors are well intentioned. I’ve found that most in healthcare have the right intentions. Although, many don’t have the right data that could help them make better decisions. Marketing consultant…
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GAO: Meaningful Use program lacks reliable CQMs
Provider participation in the Meaningful Use incentive program has increased significantly, but the clinical quality measures being collected suffer from reliability issues and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services lacks measures to track the progress of the program’s outcomes goals, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. read more …read…
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News 3/7/14
Top News The Defense Health Agency, established in October 2013 as a successor to TRICARE, requests $1.6 billion to support its health IT systems in 2015. It also wants $91 million for R&D to develop a new EHR by 2017 and $68 million to integrate its systems with those of the VA. Meanwhile, the VA’s…