Tag: Health
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Policy Committee Supports ‘Deeming’ Approach to Stage 3 MU
Members of the Health IT Policy Committee were largely supportive of work being done by the meaningful use work group to lighten the reporting burden of Stage 3 of meaningful use.
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CommonWell controversy resurfaces in HITPC meeting
A coalition of five electronic health-record developers created a buzz and a controversy last month when they announced they were forming the CommonWell Health Alliance to promote health information exchange.
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EHR and HIT News for April 3rd
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes a customer acquisition update from InterSystems Corporation and MedInformatix as well as news from HIMSS on it’s latest Stage 7 award winner, Florida Hospital Carrollwood. Texas Health Services Authority Selects InterSystems to Provide Secure Infrastructure for Statewide HIE and Patient Consent Management InterSystems Corporation has announced that the Texas…
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Policy Committee to Hear Proposals on Stage 3 MU Consolidation, ‘Deeming’
The April 3 Health IT Policy Committee meeting promises to be interesting. The committee will hear presentations from two subgroups of the meaningful use workgroup, one dealing with the potential consolidation of meaningful use measures for Stage 3 and the other with the concept of “deeming” for eligible hospitals. The April 3 Health IT Policy…
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Proposed Bill Lightens Meaningful Use Load
A recent bill introduced to the House of Representatives by Rep.
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Mostashari: ‘Too soon’ to talk about MU Stage 3 readiness
When it comes to Stage 3 and beyond of Meaningful Use, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari wants everybody to step back and take a deep breath. read more
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Study Shows that Patient Access to EHR Data is “Empowering”
Sharing data contained in electronic health records with patients offers a number of benefits, according to a recent study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research . Patient access to health data contained in an EHR system has been a hotly debated topic recently so it’s interesting that some researchers, from the Veteran’s Administration and…
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EHR and HIT News for April 1st
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes an update from Streamline Health Solutions on an extended relationship with Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Additionally there is personnel news from healthcare solutions provider Edifecs . Saint Francis Signs Agreement to Upgrade and Extend the Use of Streamline Health’s Solutions for Five More Years Streamline Health Solutions…
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Patients Want to Share Their Medical Data
During the recent Dell Healthcare Think Tank which I took part in, I had an idea that I think is incredibly powerful and not talked about nearly enough. In fact, I think its reasonable to say that if we want to get healthcare costs down, then we have to learn how to do this well.…
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How will immigration reform intersect with Medicare?
In this pair of stories, news outlets examine whether immigration reform will stress the Medicare program as well as what hospitals are doing to address the health law’s Medicare Wage Index.