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Will Surescripts Become De facto NwHIN?

Just as Healtheway looks to ween itself off the federal gravy train, Surescripts comes along and in a couple of quick strokes looks ready to a stake into the heart of Healtheway or at least any desire Healtheway may have to become the Nationwide Health...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2012 3:31 PM by Chilmark Research

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIT, HIE, cloud computing, ACO, Stage 2, Epic, GE, Surescripts, Kryptiq, NextGen, eHealth Initiative, Healtheway, NwHIN

How Do You Know It’s an Election Year?

Our response to the Congressmen's letter to Kathleen Sebelius of HHS asking for a halt to the meaningful use incentive program.

Published Mon, Oct 10 2012 3:57 AM by Acumen nEHR™ | The Only EHR Designed Specifically For Nephrology -

Filed under: Meaningful Use, General, Stage 2

Moving to HIE 2.0

This week I had the pleasure to be the keynote speaker at Orion Health’s HIE User Conference in the beautiful state of my youth, Colorado. In preparing for this conference I was struck again by just how quickly this market continues to evolve and...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2012 6:20 PM by Chilmark Research

Filed under: Meaningful Use, HIT, HIE, Policy, Standards, ACO, consumer health, Stage 2, ads, Direct secure messaging

ONC: no caps on per-provider EHR incentive payments

National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari has announced there is no cap on how much individual providers may receive in meaningful use incentive payouts, as long as they meet the requirements for the EHR incentive payments program. According...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2012 2:51 PM by Health IT Law Blog

Filed under: news, Medicare, hipaa, Meaningful Use, electronic health record, EHR, Health IT, ARRA, HIMSS, ONC, Medicaid, health information exchange, Articles, HHS, HITECH Act, Stage 2, EHR Incentive Program, Farzad Mostashari, MU, Meaningful Use Stage 2, population health, Higher education, Higher Ed, Stage 1, incentive payment program, health information exchange standards, meaningful use incentive program, EHR incentive payouts, National Coordinator for Health IT, Health Information Management and Systems Society, health data exchange, patient information, compatible coding

Stage 2 and the Shift to a Patient-Centric Radiology Workflow

The final measures of stage 2 meaningful use start the 2nd chapter in changing the way all specialties will practice medicine. For radiology, incorporation of patient images into the patient’s clinical record as a specific measure opened the door...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2012 3:59 PM by Everything Rad

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, Workflow, radiology, medical imaging, Healthcare, Legislation, Health reform, healthcare reform, Stage 2, Patients First

The Promise of a Little Blue Button

Yesterday, I was in Washington DC to attend ONC’s Consumer Health IT Summit. While having high hopes for some breathtaking new developments, ultimately walked away disappointed as this event ultimately devolved into a Blue Button promotional event...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2012 1:46 PM by Chilmark Research

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, ONC, HIE, Health Policy, HHS, Standards, PHR, ACO, consumer health, Stage 2, mHealth, Blue Button, Stage Two

Struggling to Understand or Data Does Not Equal Empowerment

Recently upon leaving my doctor’s office I was presented with a print-out of my visit summary. Knowing I worked it the HIT space my doctor proudly stated that this was one the ways that they planned to meet one of the menu objectives of Stage One...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2012 5:38 PM by Chilmark Research

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, HITECH, HIT, Standards, PHR, consumer health, Stage 2, patient empowerment, Stage 1

CMS/ONC Release Stage 2 Meaningful Use Regulations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) have just released the Stage 2 meaningful use regulations for the Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs. The newly posted regulations can be...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2012 3:11 PM by Ethan W. Moore

Filed under: CMS, Meaningful Use, EHR, ONC, Healthcare News, HHS, Incentive Program, Stage 2

Stage 2: Clinical Quality Measures

Last week I reviewed some of the features contained within the NPRM for stage 2 of meaningful use. Today I’d like to walk through how HHS proposes to tweak the clinical quality measures (CQMs) in stage 2. As you may recall, in the eyes of HHS, meaningful use consists of three foundational features: Use the [...]

Published Mon, Mar 03 2012 3:18 AM by Acumen nEHR™ | The Only EHR Designed Specifically For Nephrology

Filed under: Meaningful Use, Stage 2

HIMSS’12 Take-away: Follow the Money

Last week we attended the big healthcare IT confab HIMSS in that grand city of sin, Las Vegas. While many spoke of how HIMSS hit an all time record of over 37K attendees (an impressive number), HIMSS is still dwarfed by what is arguably the largest US...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2012 11:00 PM by Chilmark Research

Filed under: CMS, Meaningful Use, EHR, HIT, HIE, cloud computing, PCMH, ACO, Stage 2, mHealth, MEDSEEK, RelayHealth, HIMSS'12

Re-entry into Healthcare

As with the last shuttle mission making its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere yesterday, I am re-entering the world of healthcare IT after an extended family vacation in the wilds of Alaska. No, I did not see John Halamka up there, it is after...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2011 3:13 PM by Chilmark Research

Filed under: Meaningful Use, EHR, ONC, FDA, PHR, consumer health, Stage 2, Cerner, mHealth, WebMD

HHS advisory panel recommends delaying Stage 2 Meaningful Use until 2014

The HIT Policy Committee, which advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in the Department of Health and Human Services, voted 12-5 to approve a significant delay in requiring providers to meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use until 2014. If...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2011 2:11 PM by Health IT Law Blog

Filed under: news, Meaningful Use, HITECH, ARRA, HIT, Articles, HHS, HITECH Act, Stage, delay, 2014, Stage 2, Act, HITPC

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