Category: Health Information Technology
HIPAA Compliant Emails: Myths and Facts
Tweet By Mike Semel Understand What Constitutes HIPAA Compliant E-mail Every day I get questions about HIPAA compliant e-mail, and many days I see or hear something that leads healthcare organizations and their business associates in the wrong direction. These Myths and Facts can help you make the right e-mail decisions. I have included links [...]
What’s Your Exit Strategy?
Tweet Ryan Ricks, DataSourceMD Follow him on Twitter @ryan_ricks One of the first questions pundits ask any time the U.S. gets embroiled in an international conflict is whether or not the current administration has an exit strategy. It is a valid question. Exit strategies are plans for withdrawing from an engagement without losing or compromising [...]
HHS Reports Providers’ Use of Health IT Doubles Since 2012
Tweet More than half of America’s doctors have adopted electronic health records HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records (EHRs). HHS has met and exceeded its goal for 50 percent [...]
Beacon Community Hosts Videocast Tomorrow on Using Health IT to Improve Healthcare
Tweet The Beacon Community Experience: Illuminating the Path Forward Lessons from the field: Using health IT to improve health The Beacon Community Program, Videocast: Wed, May 22, 2013, 9:00-11:00 am ET The Beacon Community Program is a federally funded project designed to increase the quality, efficiency and sustainability of health care through health information technology (health [...]
Universal EHR? No. Universal Data Access? Yes.
Tweet William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor A recent blog posting calls for a “universal EMR” for the entire healthcare system. The author provides an example and correctly laments how lack of access to the complete data about a patient impedes optimal clinical care. I would add that quality improvement, clinical research, and public health [...]
WEDI Seeks Participants for New 2013 Workgroups
Tweet Selects Co-Chairs New 2013 WEDI Report Workgroups The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a non-profit organization established in 1991 by Health and Human Services (HHS). WEDI’s mission is to improve the use of health information technology and reduce healthcare system costs. In 1993, WEDI released an original report that provided the healthcare [...]
Upcoming Virtual Health IT Events for Providers
Tweet Educational Webinars for EPs Take advantage of these upcoming online educational events. The webinars are all intended for eligible professional and their practices. They are free of charge so register today. For other Health IT events, conferences, or summits visit our HIT Calendar. Learning Lunch Webinar: Understanding value-based plans, pay-for-performance, and ACOs When: May [...]
Latest Provider Updates from CMS
Tweet CMS Important Dates and Timelines The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) which administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The CMS EHR Incentive programs are currently open programs for eligible professionals and hospitals to receive incentive [...]
Healthcare IT Connect to Videocast Next Week’s 2-Day Summit
Tweet Attend State Healthcare IT Videocast The 2013 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit brings together public and private sector thought leaders to share ideas and benchmark implementation strategies of state health IT systems. The two-day Summit will be held in Baltimore next week, May21 – 22. The 2013 summit is co-sponsored by the National Association [...]
FAQs for Navigating IT Adoption
Tweet Health IT Adoption FAQs Resources Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are a good resource when you find that question you were looking for. There are several FAQ resources out there that focus on health IT adoption including the EHR Incentive Programs, meaningful use, and HIPAA compliance. Here are a few we have found from the [...]
October 1, 2014, the health care industry will adopt the ICD-10 code set. While you should prepare for this transition, your medical billing, practice management and EHR vendor should be working hard right now with you to adapt your system. 
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