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EMR Stimulus Myth #2: “I have a CCHIT certified EHR so I am good to go for meaningful use”
It is likely that CCHIT will be one of the accredited certification body under the EHR incentive program. HOWEVER, given that there is no formal EHR certification...
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03-19-2010
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Time for a break from the regularly scheduled HIMSS programming (sorry there’s just a lot of HIMSS content to still be published) for some thoughts and comments on the EHR Certification Interim Final rule. What can I say? I was inspired by CCHIT’s...
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03-16-2010
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CCHIT has published their comments made on the Interim Final Rule (45 CFR Part 170, RIN 0991-AB58), published in the Federal Register of Jan 13, 2010, “Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification...
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03-16-2010
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I always love when people are interested in doing guest posts on this site. This is going to be the first in a series of blog posts about some of the misinformation that’s out there about the EMR stimulus, certified EHR, and meaningful use. I hope...
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03-08-2010
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Filed under: EHR Stimulus, HealthCare IT, EMR, EHR, EMR Stimulus, HITECH, ARRA, Certified EHR, Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, David Lee
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Today, I attended a forum at HIMSS 10 where I heard a representative from a small state talk about their plans for an HIE. They’ve already introduced some legislation that will allow people in their state to opt out of having their information stored...
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John Halamka wrote some interesting comments about the various feedback he’s heard on the meaningful use guidelines on his blog. He gives some interesting insight into why ONC’s interim final rule is so vague (basically regulation/rule making...
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02-22-2010
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Filed under: EHR Stimulus, EMR, EHR, HITECH, ARRA, Certified EHR, ONC, Meaningful Use, John Halamka, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, EMR Simulus
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FierceEMR has really hit the healthcare IT arena in force over the past 6 months. They even have a big party planned for HIMSS. I’ll probably be stopping by since it’s the day after the New Media Meetup at HIMSS. Well, one of my favorite healthcare...
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02-22-2010
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We’ve had a lot of discussion in the past about the cost of EHR certification. It’s been one of the biggest complaints about CCHIT and their EHR certification. One of my readers wanted me to post again about the costs and how this will be...
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02-20-2010
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EMR and HIPAA Answer to EMR Stimulus Quesitons
When will they send the EMR stimulus checks?
I already posted about when the first EMR stimulus checks will go out. This question is a little different since it is about when during the year will you get...
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This was the title of an article I found in ModernMedicine, “We Bought the Wrong EMR.” It’s a pretty interesting article since the writer is still a major fan of EMR software and the use of technology in healthcare despite choosing the...
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02-18-2010
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EMR and HIPAA Answer to EMR Stimulus Quesitons
When’s the earliest we can get the ARRA EMR Stimulus Money?
Medicare Related EMR Stimulus Money
The earliest payments for those wanting the $44k per provider of stimulus money from Medicare will be...
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02-11-2010
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I’ve been collecting a number of the various matrixes that people have put together around the EMR meaningful use criteria. I’m sure there are a number of meaningful use matrixes/reviews that I’m missing. If you know of one not listed...
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Someone emailed me that this was the growing sentiment among doctors, “Why spend 80 to get 40?”
Then, someone else commented, “Remember … 100% of ’stimulus dollars’ will have made it to the vendor before the providers ever get CMS approval...
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In a move of more transparency the government (CMS) has made the comments on meaningful use public. You can find the comments on the Regulations.gov site. So far there have only been 24 comments made. Granted, there’s still a month available for...
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02-05-2010
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Jeremy from SRSsoft sent me an interesting comment about Physician interest in the EMR stimulus:
Personally, I was under the impression that most physicians really didn’t take the time to read such things [like this post about harmful consequences...