Tag: ehr
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EHR ‘proficiency’ requirement may have unintended consequences
I must admit, I was surprised when I read that Massachusetts's healthcare law, passed last summer, includes a provision that requires physicians to demonstrate a “proficiency” in the use of EHRs, electronic prescribing, computerized physician order entry and other forms of health IT as a condition of licensure. This law goes far beyond the federal…
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Guest Article: How to use WebID to create Single Sign On (SSO) across Healthcare Systems
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What’s Next for Healthcare Information Technology Innovation
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Guest Article: How to improve health IT products sales into physician practices and hospitals through better funnel management
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First Edition: May 30, 2013
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations include stories about a new study on immigrants’ financial impact on the Medicare program and a new federal regulation on wellness programs. …read more Source: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130530/First-Edition-May-30-2013.aspx
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Thousands of veterans affected by states’ rejection of Medicaid expansion
An estimated quarter-million former service members would have been eligible for health coverage under the joint state-federal program but their states have opted not to participate in the expansion envisioned by the federal health law. Meanwhile in Iowa, hospitals were helpful in forging a compromise on the issue. …read more Source: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130530/Thousands-of-veterans-affected-by-states-rejection-of-Medicaid-expansion.aspx
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Choose Your EHR Partners Carefully
Not all EHR vendors are created equal. It’s up to you to determine which vendor has the experience and expertise to protect your patient data. …read more Source: Choose Your EHR Partners Carefully
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Viewpoints: Medical professionals and near misses; Two tea partiers diverge on Medicaid expansion; Obamacare’s ‘death by a thousand cuts’
A near miss, like any error, is an opportunity to examine how mistakes are made and what changes might prevent them. Yet we have no idea how many near misses there are. Many experts feel that near-miss errors dwarf the number of known errors, a number that is already too high for comfort. (According to…