Meaningful Use – Page 3 – Healthy Skeptic

Jul 08 2011

iHealthBeat

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A group of medical clinics in Illinois is lobbying Congress to adjust the meaningful use program so rural health centers can receive incentive payments for meaningfully using electronic health records

Jul 01 2011

2011 Potpourri XXVI

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Fireworks galore for the Fourth of July Potpourri, including dynamite excerpts on the effects of parent caregiving on caregivers’ financial status; health insurance exchanges; physician compensation; provider performance data gathering and use; hospital market concentration; use of HIT in nursing homes and teen use of health websites.

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Jun 29 2011

govhealthit.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The rule that details the requirements for stage 2 of meaningful use will “look a lot like” the measures that the Health IT Policy Committee recently endorsed – the measures focus on patient-centered, safe and coordinated health care, he added.

Jun 13 2011

nextgov.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A federal advisory committee work group recommends giving some health-care providers more time to meet the second level of “meaningful use” requirements

Jun 10 2011

EMR and HIPAA

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

“Meaningful use is not the floor,” she said. “All the existing quality measures that have been out there so long should be considered the floor.”

May 27 2011

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. government has paid more than $158.3 million to hospitals and doctors this year to encourage adoption of electronic health records

May 23 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The ONC has released its first set of exams designed to help healthcare providers and other employers assess the health IT competencies of their existing staff and potential employees.

May 20 2011

HealthITUpdate

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

If a new snapshot of California medical practices and hospitals is any indication, the use of health IT systems is fast becoming a way of medical life

May 17 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

There are 75 operational RHIOs (regional health information organizations) across the U.S. but only 13 of them meet the most basic criteria for meaningful use of health information technology

May 06 2011

govhealthit.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying stage 2 by one year until 2014 as an option to allow vendors and healthcare providers more time to update and roll out more advanced technology.

May 02 2011

next.gov

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The federal government is offering a total of $12 million in one-time grants to help networks of rural health-care providers achieve “meaningful use”

Apr 12 2011

EMRandHIPAA

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Meaningful Use Measures: Clinical Quality Measures

Apr 06 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Since the DHHS released its proposed accountable care organization regulations last week, technology that enables data-sharing has suddenly become even more important

Apr 04 2011

HealthDataManagement

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The information technology capabilities that accountable care organizations will need under the proposed rule establishing a Medicare Shared Savings Program could go far beyond what’s necessary to prove Stage 1 electronic health records meaningful use

Apr 01 2011

HealthDataManagement

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The information technology capabilities that accountable care organizations will need under the proposed rule establishing a Medicare Shared Savings Program could go far beyond what’s necessary to prove Stage 1 electronic health records meaningful use

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