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Doctors and Hospitals Rake In Billions in Electronic Records Incentives

Incentive payments to health-care providers who implement electronic health record systems continue to rise rapidly, with more than 225,000 practices and hospitals registered to receive payments under Medicare, Medicaid, or both, according to the most...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 3:29 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Stimulus Package, Software, HHS, Policy, Technology, Standards, Health reform, Health costs

EHR Appeals Deadline Moved

Physicians who believe that they were wrongly denied Medicare bonuses last year associated with the use of electronic health record systems have two more weeks to file an appeal with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Earlier this...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2012 5:49 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Technology, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Feds Ramp Up Push for Meaningful Use of Digital Health Records

The nation's health IT czar and the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a joint statement encouraging states to help CMS meet its 2012 goal of paying incentives to 100,000 health care providers for achieving "meaningful...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2012 8:03 AM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, HHS, Policy, Technology, Standards, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Telemedicine Market to Double

The global telemedicine market will more than double over the next five years to $27.3 billion, according to a report from Wellesley, Mass.-based market research firm BCC Research. The report, Global Markets for Telemedicine Technologies, also finds that...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2012 6:59 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Stimulus Package, telemedicine, Technology, Industry, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

EHR Regs Accentuate Access

The federal government's proposed regulations for "next level" electronic health record performance will emphasize patients' electronic access to their health records and enhanced sharing of information throughout "transitions of...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2012 5:16 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, HHS, Security, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Health reform, Treatment

Meaningful Use, Stage Two

The Federal Register will publish proposed regulations for the second stage of electronic health record meaningful-use guidelines on Thursday, according to the national coordinator for health IT, Dr. Farzad Mostashari. There had been speculation that...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2012 5:44 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, telemedicine, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform

Health IT Czar: Five Things You Need to Know

The nation's health IT czar polished off his crystal ball this week and predicted five major health IT trends for the year. Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health IT, shared the prognostications on his office's Health IT Buzz blog...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2012 2:00 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, telemedicine, HHS, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Mostashari: Greatest Hits of 2011

Here are the top 10 developments in health IT for 2011, straight from the national coordinator for health IT. Dr. Farzad Mostashari released the month-by-month list Jan. 6 on his Health IT Buzz blog:January: Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2012 3:59 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, telemedicine, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

D.C. Opts for Email Data Exchange

The District of Columbia is shifting away from a formal health information exchange to a less-robust email system for sharing medical data among providers, citing problems with financing and physician compliance as reasons for the shift. Bids are due...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2012 4:01 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, telemedicine, Technology, Health reform, Health costs

Hospitals Tracking Tech Anew

Electronic health records top a list of 10 technologies hospitals need to watch in 2012, according to a report released today by ECRI Institute. "Technology is increasingly a top management concern, and is no longer confined to clinical and technical...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2012 5:16 AM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, telemedicine, Technology, Industry, Regulation, Health reform

Biggest Health IT Losers of 2012?

As you resolve not to smoke, overeat or work too much in 2012, the website SearchHealthIT issues its list of five health IT trends not to watch in the new year:Electronic medical records: EMRs are generally in-house records for tracking patient data and...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2012 11:44 AM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, Technology, Industry, Standards, Health reform, Treatment, Congress

HHS Eases 'Meaningful Use' Cutoff

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is relaxing its timetable for health-care providers to meet stricter standards for "meaningful use" of electronic health records, a move HHS says is intended to speed and ease adoption of health...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2011 3:56 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment, Health costs

Meaningful Use Eludes Radiologists

Six out of 10 radiologists plan to use electronic health records and achieve "meaningful use" standards, but only 6 percent think they have a good understanding of what meaningful use means, a new study shows. Nearly 40 percent of 216 radiologists...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2011 5:12 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, HHS, Policy, Technology, Industry, Standards, Regulation, Health reform, Treatment

Health IT Stocks Jumped 82 Percent Under Obama

Federal stimulus money helped to pump up the value of stocks in 11 health care technology companies by 82 percent since President Obama took office, well above the 51 percent growth in the Standard & Poor's stock index over the same period, according...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2011 4:56 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, telemedicine, Policy, Technology, Industry, Health reform, Health costs, Congress

ONC Touts Regional IT Centers

About one-third of the nation's primary care providers have signed up with a national assistance network for help in purchasing, installing and using electronic health records, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced this week...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 2:47 PM by Health IT Update

Filed under: Medical Records, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Stimulus Package, Software, telemedicine, HHS, Policy, Technology, Standards, Health reform, Treatment

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