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 improving quality of care. It's electronic...
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A new bill introduced in Congress would give Medicare and Medicaid providers limited liability protection for electronic health record errors. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., says the bill "would create a system for reporting potential errors that occur when using electronic records without the threat of...
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An independent analysis of the first round of Medicare incentives paid to medical providers for using electronic health records indicates that about half of the payments went to providers for upgrading existing EHRs. The findings, by iWatch News, an arm of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Public...
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A bipartisan group of legislators from both houses of Congress have introduced a bill that would issue microchip-embedded smartcards to Medicare recipients and providers, starting with a $29 million investment that supporters say could eventually save up to $30 billion a year in fraud and abuse. The...
The Health Information Management Systems Society is asking its members to lobby Congress for a "nationwide patient identity solution" to improve accuracy of patient medical records and reduce errors traced to misidentification. HIMSS says the problem stems from a 1999 statutory prohibition...
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Hundreds of hospitals and health-care providers have received about $400 million in Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments this year as part of a government strategy designed to encourage use of electronic health records, a federal health official says. Medicare payments have gone to 100 hospitals...
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Physician assistants deserve incentives -- at least when it comes to buying electronic health records. That's the message from the American Academy of Physician Assistants, which is praising a bill introduced Monday in the House that calls for extending Medicaid incentive payments to physician assistants...
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Uncertainty around the deadline for meeting the next stage of electronic health record usability measures notwithstanding, medical professionals should move quickly to meet current EHR "meaningful use" standards, according to a new report. When to "attest" to meeting those standards...
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This is good news and the bill goes to the Senate next. This is half the battle on getting funds and a budget to help hospitals and doctors with electronic medical records. Pretty quick action after only 8 days in office for the President. Hopefully success will be had in the Senate...
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