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As of December 2012, more than 355,000 hospitals and healthcare professionals registered for the EHR incentive programs and more than 190,000 health care providers received payment totally over $10 billion for participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs...
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Thu, Jan 31 2013
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While the US healthcare industry awaits action from Congress, a look at the 2013 Medicare Fee Schedule reinforces Medicare’s movement towards more efficient patient care. Review our recent blog posts; the vast majority of them are about Electronic Medical Records, Meaningful Use, and ACOs. The same policy...
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Today I’m speaking on a panel about the clinical value of mobile imaging, moderated by Dr. David Hirschorn, at the American College of Radiology’s Imaging Informatics Summit. As the medical industry embraces mobile applications, healthcare providers need...
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Over 280 senior healthcare IT executives, thought leaders and vendors convened at the New York Academy of Medicine yesterday to exchange information and opinion on the technology forces of change that will drive improvements in healthcare delivery. Meaningful...
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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...
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Thu, Sep 13 2012
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As the radiology community makes sense of the final stage 2 meaningful use rules many provider CIOs, CMIO and radiology department heads are looking closer at their CEHRT image access strategy. In the final rule, CMS set a threshold of 10 percent or more...
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Fri, Aug 31 2012
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There is considerable pressure for imaging centers, radiologists, orthopedists and other eligible professionals to understand meaningful use legislation, implement certified technology, and attest that they are indeed using certified technology in a meaningful...
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One of the biggest changes for PACS administrators is the amount of reporting that’s now required to meet meaningful use initiatives. In the past, most administrators generated individual reports from each system—including RIS, PACS and EHR/EMR—to monitor...
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Wed, Jul 25 2012
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The meaningful use stage 2 Final Rule is expected to be released later this summer, but don’t lose sight of the Stage 1 opportunities still available. ONC Director Farzad Mostashari recently announced that more than 100,000 healthcare providers have been paid an impressive $5.76 billion to date, between...
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Tue, Jun 26 2012
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In a recently released report, CMS data show more than 238,000 health care providers are actively registered for the Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs with more than 94,000 providers paid over $5 Billion program-to-date. For additional details and other reports, including a newly released...
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Tue, May 29 2012
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CMS recently released the updated EHR Incentive Program data and reports for March 2012. The report indicates that more than 225,000 providers have registered for the incentive programs, 76,612 providers have been paid to date and more than $4.484 Billion has been distributed. Additionally, 566 hospitals...
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Thu, Apr 26 2012
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The next level of value added could be detecting patient non-adherence, treatment conflicts, or medication reconciliation. You also have your RcopiaAC product that allows hospitals to get a full medication history from outside their four walls. Other than patient convenience, what do you see as the next...
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Mon, Apr 16 2012
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Tell me about yourself and about DrFirst. I started in healthcare in the pharmacy benefits management industry. I joined PCS Health Systems in the early ‘90s and spent about 10 years there, largely in product management. I worked in developing what...
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CMS recently released the February 2012 EHR Incentive Programs’ data and reports. Those files indicate that more than 211,000 providers and hospitals have actively registered for the EHR programs with more than 62,000 providers already receiving incentive payments for a total of more than $3.8...
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Fri, Mar 30 2012
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released January 2012 Data and Reports for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The reports indicate that the EHR programs have surpassed another major milestone, distributing more than $3 Billion...
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Sat, Feb 18 2012
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