Tag: Health IT
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EHR and HIT News for April 20th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes two customer acquisition articles. The first, is from Halfpenny Technologies on their selection by Orange Accountable Care. The second article, from HealthMEDX on their selection by Riverside Health Systems. Orange Accountable Care Partners with Halfpenny Technologies to help integrate their Care Community Halfpenny Technologies was selected by Orange Accountable…
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Providers ‘struggling’ to document Meaningful Use attestation
Preliminary results from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Meaningful Use audits indicate that providers are having a lot of trouble substantiating what they’ve attested to, according to Robert Anthony, deputy director of the Health IT Initiatives Group at CMS’ Office of e-Health Standards and Services. read more
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Vladeck urges Obama administration to act on home health worker overtime rule
The former head of Medicare and Medicaid in the Clinton administration on Thursday called on the Obama administration to act soon on a proposed rule to extend overtime and minimum wage pay to in-home health care workers.
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State organizations, officials advance health law implementation positions
In Florida, the state hospital association is pressing for a cost-benefit analysis before lawmakers take a final vote on Medicaid expansion, and in Ohio, GOP lawmakers leave the door open for a move later this year.
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Bipartisan group offers budget plan with $560 billion in health care savings
The Bipartisan Policy Center released a new fiscal blueprint on Thursday that includes — among its 40 recommendations — significant trims to Medicare and changes that would scrap the current Medicare physician payment formula while also improving the program’s coordination of care.
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HIStalk Interviews Keith Figlioli, SVP Healthcare Informatics, Premier
Keith Figlioli is senior vice president of healthcare informatics of Premier of Charlotte, NC. Give me some background about yourself and your job. I’m the senior vice president of healthcare informatics at Premier
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Privacy framework necessary as healthcare social networks grow in popularity
As an increasing number of patients and providers flock to health social networking sites to share information and connect with similar individuals, privacy remains a paramount concern. To that end, a comprehensive privacy framework is vital for such environments, according to research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
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EMR Market Nearly $21 Billion in 2012
Driven by hospital IT upgrades and the lure of government incentives, the market for electronic medical records exceeded 20 billion dollars in 2012, according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher says vendors should see robust sales this year and next as vendors try to avoid U.S.
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CHIME urges feds to apply existing policies to HIE acceleration
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives believes that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services should extend processes developed under the eRx and Electronic Health Record Incentive Payment programs to accelerate and improve health information exchange and interoperability among providers. read more
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British Doctors Fear Repercussions Of Sharing EMR Data With Patients
Like their American counterparts, British doctors fear giving patients too much access to their electronic health records, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by a non-profit group called the Medical Protection Society, which provides professional indemnity coverage to doctors, dentists and health professionals globally. Researchers there found that 75 percent of patients responding…