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Articles mentioning both Electronic Health Records and Cloud Services
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ONC Health IT Dashboard offers rich data on EHR adoption campaign
Explore fiercehealthit.com (May 10 2012)
... now includes more than 150 maps presenting ONC state and county data. In June, ONC will publish an electronic health record (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE) dashboard with state-level maps, charts, and data sets that ......public informed about the progress of its programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases a monthly tabulation of figures related to registration and attestation to Meaningful Use... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records ONC Medicare
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Bridging the gaps
Explore McKnight's Long Term Care News (Apr 2 2012)
...012 * Print * Email * Reprint * Permissions * Text: A | A | A Bridging the gaps More News * CMS awards 26 states with Medicaid audit contracts * 60 Seconds with...Cheryl Phillips, M.D. * Omnicare......rates reach new high Read More >> Upon first glance, the flurry of federal initiatives dealing with electronic health records and accountable care organizations appear to be a series of obtuse mandates that don't address the ...
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Mentions: Electronic Health Records Medicare ACA
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Meaningful Use in Year Two and Beyond: Informing the Efforts of RECs
Explore ihealthbeat.org (Feb 6 2012)
...m, it is informative to look back at first-year participation to inform efforts aimed at increasing electronic health record adoption in future years. According to CMS, in 2011, 29,344 eligible professionals received a total of $570,35 Meaningful Use in Year Two and ......em, these are all issues that can be addressed by RECs. What Can RECs Do? RECs play a vital role in CMS' goal of widespread EHR ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records Cloud Services
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Margaret Anderson: Top 10 Medical Research Trends to Watch in 2012
Explore huffingtonpost.com (Jan 5 2012)
...yers position themselves as part of the solution to getting truly innovative therapies to patients? CMS is currently seeking comments on a revamp of its "coverage with evidence development" program. Coul......arch to drive new, more effective treatments for patients is still not evident. "Meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHR) to qualify for federal funding seems to have been an effective carrot/stick combination for drivin... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Google FDA Obama administration
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5 EHR predictions for 2012
Explore fierceemr.com (Jan 5 2012)
...nd cloned notes causing improper billing, the government is going to have to begin to crack down on EHR use that violates the law. CMS, not to be outdone, will also start auditing recipients of incentive payments to validate that the ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records EMR Cloud Services
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How BI reporting helps address meaningful use
Explore searchhealthit.techtarget.com (Sep 8 2011)
...etermine when it's necessary to integrate data from disparate source systems, specifically multiple electronic health record (EHR) systems, while applying the complex business rule logic. Finally, this article will briefly addres......it must provide functionality for calculating all core quality measures and submitting that data to CMS. If you are a hospital with one EHR system, then using the vendor's meaningful use reporting functionality is a good choice ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Midwest Minnesota Electronic Health Records
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EHRs: The Starting Point of Healthcare's Future
Explore Becker's Hospital Review (Aug 16 2011)
...or example, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology only regulates EHR software, supports EHR adoption and generally tries to sow the seeds of health IT, but CMS oversees the EHR incentive programs for meaningful use ...and more » There are several definitions of electronic health records, but no matter how EHRs are defined, they are only the beginning of a bigger plan of healthcare, sa... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records American Health Information Management Association Hipaa
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Why It's Okay That EHR Adoption Will Fall Behind 2011 Goals (Guest Opinion)
Explore Kaiser Health News (Jul 7 2011)
...ear for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator's electronic health record incentive programs. We predict that few doctors and hospitals will meet the objectives set for the ......to take time. We have described before how actions taken by the Office of the National Coordinator, CMS, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the White House "unfroze" the EHR technology market ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Congress Electronic Health Records David Blumenthal
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Health IT Key to Health Care System Reform
Explore ihealthbeat.org (Jun 29 2011)
...e Second National Accountable Care Organization Summit on Monday, saying there is "no question that electronic health records ... must play a key role" in health care reform efforts. She added that "it doesn't make sense" tha......" for providing higher quality care, while mitigating some of the costs for doing so. He noted that EHR adoption is increasing significantly and that 5,000 to 10,000 health care providers apply ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Washington Electronic Health Records GE Healthcare
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How to qualify for three federal health IT incentives: it's complicated
Explore fiercehealthit.com (Apr 5 2011)
...a weekly email for their must know IT ...and more » The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added 120 new answers to the FAQ section in its website on the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program. Among other things, CMS now explains how -- and to what extent -- providers can qualify for incentives under three differen... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Healthcare Electronic Health Records EMR
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Federal Government Employs 'Carrot-Stick' Approach to EHR Adoption
Explore Home Page (Apr 1 2011)
...rated a financially successful family medicine practice; consequently, she was able to invest in an electronic health record, or EHR, system three years ago. "My initial investment was $50,000," says Brull, the owner of Prairie Star......are professionals to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt certified EHR technology and use it to meet criteria -- commonly known as meaningful use -- set in place by CMS. The ...
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Mentions: Texas Congress Electronic Health Records
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Certified EHRs Drive Incentive Payment Program
Explore Home Page (Apr 1 2011)
...cians have to adopt a system that ensures they can apply meaningful use criteria to their use of an electronic health record, or EHR, system. That's the reason behind the federal government's involvement in the business of certifyin......oward mandatory product certification, according to Mostashari. Fast forward to July 28, 2010, when CMS issued a final rule that defined meaningful use criteria for EHRs with the understanding that ...
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Mentions: Electronic Health Records ONC Medicare
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Waiting Until 2012 To Apply for Meaningful Use May Not Be the Best Option for ...
Explore ihealthbeat.org (Mar 31 2011)
...y Not Be the Best Option for ...iHealthBeatHowever, if an organization already has a solid plan for EHR adoption and is close to meeting meaningful use requirements, moving forward in 2011 might help pre......y suggested that health care providers wait until fiscal year 2012 to demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records. But waiting until 2012 might not be the right solution for every health care provider. In some ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records Cloud Services
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Could Take Steps Toward PCAST Report Proposals
Explore ihealthbeat.org (Mar 21 2011)
...ort ProposalsiHealthBeatThe report said a common language framework would assist in the adoption of EHR systems. The report also recommended that CMS and ONC establish a national infrastructure for patient data (iHealthBeat, 2/17). Last week, member......e 2009 economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health records can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments (Mosquera, Government Health IT, 3/18). In... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records Intermountain Healthcare ONC
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Registration numbers climbing for EHR incentive programs
Explore fierceemr.com (Feb 24 2011)
... the end of January, more than 21000 providers initiated registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive ...and more » * Registration numbers climbing for EHR incentive programs * GAO: CMS needs to fix EHR, e-prescribing reporting inconsistencies * Extormity unveiling all about getting down to business *... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: IBM Electronic Health Records EMR
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EHR Product Management
Explore thehealthcareblog.com (Jan 24 2011)
...orrect to refer to EHRs as products. Instead, EHRs are now “technologies” as evident in all ONC and CMS published rules and regulations. This subtle change in terminology was intended to encourage, yes........s you guessed it, Innovation. It was supposed to signal an open market for alternatives to existing EHR products in the form of modular approaches, open platforms, mobile applications and web-based softw...
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Mentions: Virginia Utah Electronic Health Records
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Surveys Show Significant Proportions Of Hospitals And Doctors Already Plan To ...
Explore TheCypressTimes (Jan 16 2011)
...intend to take advantage of federal incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health records (EHR) technology, according to survey data released Thursday by the Office of the National Coordinator f......systems,” said Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). To qualify for incentive payments, under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, providers must achieve meaningful use of certified EHR technology, under ... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Congress Electronic Health Records American Medical Association
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Panel: HIEs will be a major privacy concern in 2011
Explore fierceemr.com (Jan 6 2011)
...HIEs will be a major privacy concern in 2011 * Louisiana health department begins offering Medicaid EHR incentives * Spectrum widens patient access with smartphone app * CMS makes final meaningful use tweaks * Insurers leery of EMRs as a liability in the near term Free New... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: louisiana Electronic Health Records EMR
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Registration Open for Hospitals and Physician Groups Ready to Attest to Meaningful Use
Explore redorbit.com (Jan 3 2011)
...ess of attesting to Stage 1 Meaningful Use as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. The Medicare EHR Incentive Program will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals, hospitals and critical... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records PR Newswire Medicare
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'Healthy Skepticism' on Meaningful Use
Explore Health Data Management (Nov 30 2010)
... as to say there would be no downside for radiology practices to postpone any headlong rush into an EHR, because CMS might further revise criteria to facilitate specialist participation. Dreyer demonstrated an online... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Congress Electronic Health Records Cloud Services
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Incentive Payments Meant to Jump-start 'Meaningful Use' of EHRs
Explore Home Page (Nov 11 2010)
...ency issued on July 13. ...and more » The federal government's push for physician implementation of electronic health record, or EHR, technology is all about facilitating the delivery of higher-quality health care and supporting ear...... illness. And that's a change from how America's "chronic sick care" system long has operated, said CMS Regional Administrator Jeff Hinson, who delivered the keynote address at the Second Annual Electronic Health Records ...
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Mentions: America Congress Electronic Health Records
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EMR Implementation: One Day at a Time
... » No one ever said it was going to be easy, but most physicians who are in the middle of an EMR or EHR implementation—or have deployed one and lived to tell the tale—would argue that electronic records ......e months. The goal is to get physicians onboard with the technology and reporting meaningful use to CMS for at least 90 days in 2011. According to Chunn, Cardiology Associates is ...
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EHR audits show shortcuts lead to shortcomings
Explore fierceemr.com (Oct 7 2010)
...ind at least one of the types of shortcuts responsible for the error or oversight. With the federal EHR incentive program looming, CMS hasn't formally commented on charting shortcuts, but Ennis says the Medicare and Medicaid agency ha... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Canada Electronic Health Records EMR
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Audits of Electronic Health Records Cloning Reveal Documentation Problems That ...
Explore aishealth.com (Oct 4 2010)
...ation Services, Inc.The government obviously is encouraging (essentially mandating) the adoption of EHR systems, but CMS has expressed concerns about documentation shortcuts. ... Featured Story, Oct. 4, 2010 Audits of Electronic Health Records Cloning Reveal Documentation Problems That Put Compliance at Risk Reprinted from REPORT ON MEDICARE... (Read Full Article)
Mentions: Electronic Health Records Medicare Cloud Services
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