2014: Stage 1 Meaningful Use and Stage 2? I thought as we moved deeper into Stage 1 Meaningful Use (MU) the questions would get easier. This is not always the case. A topic came up this week that drove me all the way back to the Final Rule. That’s right, I had to get a step ladder, [...]
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There is a new dimension, beyond that which is known to physicians. It is a dimension as vast as any medical clinic and as timeless as your patient records. It is the middle ground between implementation and meaningful use. It is an area which we call The EHR Zone. Coming in February…the debut of The EHR [...]
EHR Adoption Resources Expand for 2012 The new year has brought about some recent changes and developments to HITECH Answers. The most significant of these changes is our partnership with UMB Medica, one of the largest media companies in the U.S. serving the healthcare industry. Through this partnership our content will now be delivered to [...]
We end 2011 with one more list. If Health IT in 2011 were a movie it would be… Mission: Impossible. Naysayers said widespread EHR adoption was impossible. November figures reported by the HIT Policy Committee show more like Mission Probable. The Help. Plenty of government resources this year were made available to help shepherd physicians and [...]
As we close out 2011 with a look back at the topics we covered through our HITECH Answers news and update feed, we thought it would be helpful to recap the posts this year that provided much needed clarification on some of the Stage 1 Meaningful Use objectives and measures. These 10 posts by no [...]
It’s that time of year again. The week between Christmas and New Year’s when top lists are compiled and published. Some of these lists are a recap of the current year; others the coming. Top news stories, top science discoveries, top key deaths (Steve Jobs you will be missed.) Even top celebrity meltdowns. Pretty sure we [...]
One of the national speakers at this year’s MGMA convention was renowned leadership expert and best-selling author Marcus Buckingham. Catching up with him minutes after delivering his general session presentation we had the opportunity to talk with him about his approach and techniques for motivating and managing staff. An EHR implementation is a huge undertaking, [...]
Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) is hosting its third annual EHR Summit November 16-18 at The Talking Stick Resort in my home town area of Scottsdale, AZ. HBMA represents 30,000 employees at over 600 companies. HBMA was founded in 1993 “by individuals who had a vision of a forum, rich in resources, to guide [...]
John Lynn of EMRandHIPAA is at it again. Following his successful string of New Media Meetups at HIMSS the past several years he is taking the concept to MGMA 2011. And this time he’s asked HITECH Answers to co-host this event with him. Over the past couple of years we’ve had the occaisional back-and-forth with [...]
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