The American College of Cardiology (ACC) created the PINNACLE Registry™, an office based quality improvement program based on proven guidelines. The PINNACLE registry was designed by cardiologists and integrates with Medical Informatics CCHIT certified EHR. One other smart move that you have...
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I seems the future of CCHI now resides with David Blumenthal as HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has delegated much of Health IT, especially relative to electronic medical records. For a little recent history, the 2 links below have some updates on what is happening. What is Next on the Agenda ...
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It may be a while before meaningful use gets its full authority and I do hope they included medical devices in the interpretation too. What devices and their reporting data is meaningful? CCHIT has the authority to certify according to the news today until the end of the year. BD The...
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Here’s an example of another EHR system utilizing the CCR Standard to enable sharing of medical records, and if you are in pediatrics or cardiovascular medicine, the software is also certified in those 2 specialties. BD e-MD, an industry leader in the development and implementation of electronic...
I hope we have 2 individuals with some brass tactics experience with Health IT here. The responsibilities for both positions has changed so much in getting reliable systems and data in place for the agencies to function. Without some first hand Health IT knowledge I’m afraid of what the ending...
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Dr. Halamka does a pretty good job on spelling out the “wish” list here, as he serves on the committees and has “first hand” knowledge. I would like to go one step further here and hope that the new secretary of HHS knows what all of this is about, in other words, knows what SNOMED is and represents...
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For the Stark law to apply to allow hospitals to subsidize medical records for physicians, the software needs to be certified. Epic systems is probably best known for being the system used by Kaiser through out their networks of hospitals and clinics. Yesterday I had posted about PHRs also...
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Well so much for certification, it sounds like CMS doesn’t care whether or not PHRs get certified (grin). It is almost an impossible task as well with all the areas of integration to cover, so certification could theoretically be done in perhaps just part of the program I think. So where...
As we have all heard in the certification processes for medical records, the goals to achieve are getting a little tougher, just like designing the software is. Also note the cost of the transaction, 10k, so it is not inexpensive and the EHR software companies have to not only prepare, but bankroll...
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This might be of interest if you want to learn about the certification process of Personal Health Records, also known as a PHR. Medical record software used by physicians and hospitals have gone through the process for a number of years, in other words a committee to certify that the software one...
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