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Dec 24 2010

Christmas Potpourri

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A very happy and relaxing Christmas Eve and Day to all our readers. To aid in the pursuit of that happiness and relaxation we offer up our scraps of enlightenment, this week covering EHR impact on productivity, e-prescribing systems, health insurance rate reviews, not-for-profit hospital executive compensation, Oregon’s state health plan and use of placebos to improve health.

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Dec 21 2010

Health Leaders Media

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Meaningful Use Tops Healthcare Industry Challenges for 2011

Dec 09 2010

EMR and HIPAA

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On face, it seems that the effort to get the EMR stimulus money shouldn’t be affected by which EMR software you choose as long as it is an ONC-ATCB certified EMR. However, this is just categorically WRONG!

Oct 15 2010

emrandhipaa.com

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Questions start coming in when you start to talk about module EHR certification when you just purchase parts of a software

Oct 13 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Planned Parenthood launched a campaign today aimed at getting birth control designated as a preventative service under the new health care law

Oct 08 2010

nextgov.com

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Another barrier to large-scale adoption of health IT began crumbling in the past week when three dozen electronic health records and their component parts earned certification for meeting meaningful use standards.

Sep 27 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Government Health IT reports that CMS will make “minor revisions” to the regulations, which were released in July.

Sep 23 2010

govhealthit.com

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The national health IT coordinator sent a strong signal to healthcare providers and vendors to expect that more complex requirements for health information exchange and clinical decision support tools will be among forthcoming requirements for the next stage of meaningful use.

Sep 23 2010

informationweek.com

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Giving patients meaning use: healthcare providers who want to cash in on the government’s HITECH “meaningful use” financial incentive programs must provide patients with electronic copies of their information upon request within 3 days

Sep 20 2010

nextgov.com

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Federal financial incentives designed to spur health care organizations toward meeting meaningful use standards for electronic health records are living up to their name.

Aug 31 2010

The Hill

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The Obama administration on Monday named the first two companies empowered to approve the electronic health record (EHR) systems soon to be required of all providers.

Aug 30 2010

Health Affairs

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Health Affairs: A Progress Report on Electronic Health Records in US Hospitals

Aug 30 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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CMS reminded healthcare providers, health plans, clearinghouses, and vendors about looming compliance deadlines for new diagnosis and procedure codes, and updated standards for electronic healthcare transactions

Aug 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Only 11.9% of U.S. hospitals had adopted at least basic electronic medical records by last year, and only about 2% had done enough to qualify for future government financial incentives, a study finds.

Aug 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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North Carolina hospital and physician leaders have announced plans to create a statewide healthcare information network to facilitate the adoption of meaningful use.

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