Tag: informatics
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Hospital officials react to pulled certification of EHR products
Hospital officials were divided in their reactions to news late Thursday that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT had revoked the certification of two electronic health record systems for failure to meet the standards of the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more
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HHS pulls EHRMagic certification
Hospital officials were divided in their reactions to news late Thursday that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT had revoked the certification of two electronic health record systems for failure to meet the standards of the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more
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CMS Reiterates: October 2014 Remains Intact for ICD-10 Implementation
Reiterating that ICD-10 is an essential component to tracking more detailed healthcare data and strengthening a national health information infrastructure, Denise Buenning, MsM, Deputy Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services, again stated Wednesday that the October 1, 2014 ICD-10 compliance date remains in place. “CMS is…
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House measure introduced to ‘eliminate consumer confusion’ about who is, and is not, a doctor
The measure would make it illegal for a health care professionals to make false or deceptive advertising claims. In addition, two Senate committees are focusing on various aspects of either fruad within the health care markeplace, or misleading sales tactics, as a means to find savings in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Data Breach Report Urges ‘Know Your Adversary’
The findings of a comprehensive data breach report released by Verizon this week suggests that no industry is immune to cybercrime, and that the experiences of other affected industries can provide lessons for healthcare providers to safeguard their data. The findings of a comprehensive data breach report released by Verizon this week suggests that no…
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Two EHRs Fail Tests, ONC Revokes Certifications
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has revoked certifications for two electronic health records, previously certified as products to be used as part of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
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EHR and HIT News for April 25th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes several new product announcements from OmniMD as well as customer acquisition news from MedAptus . In other news ZyDoc , a New York-based medical informatics company, announced that its Clinical Data Repository application has been selected as a finalist in the Sanofi 2013 Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge OmniMD…
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ONC revokes firm’s EHR certifications
For the first time, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS has revoked certifications for two electronic health-record systems, raising troubling questions about how physicians and hospitals should react if…
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The Promise of Structured Data Capture
Although there is strong interest in leveraging clinical data to supplement data collected for other purposes, including research, patient safety, and public health reporting, the use of EHR data for supplemental purposes has been limited due to a lack of uniformity in the terminology and definitions of data elements across EHRs.
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EHR Certification: An Ongoing Process for ONC’s Office of Certification
Carol Bean Part of ONC’s mission is to certify that electronic health record (EHR) products meet the standards and capabilities we have created. It’s a big job, and we take it seriously. Providers should be confident that when they buy and use a certified EHR, their product satisfies our requirements