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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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, EHR, PHR, Personal Health Records, Kaiser Permanente, integration, CMS, Epic, CCHIT, Stark Law
So far, how many have signed up, 18. It is limited though on where it covers. Maryland/District of Columbia, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, and South Dakota with eight additional regions to follow the article states. The deadline to submit is November 26th. Also, part of the agreement...
As the article states the use of the common standard of HL7 is going to be the solution, so some standards really work well and HL7 has been around for quite a while now and is coming in to focus. Some existing hospitals with Eclipsys might be in a better position to help subsidize physicians and...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-03-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Medical Records, EHR, HL7, Interoperability, CCHIT, Medinotes, Eclipsys, ambulatory medical records
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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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-03-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, software, integration, CCHIT, ambulatory medical records, HIE
The number gets a bit smaller each year as integration steps in as a priority. What I found interesting though is that 2 are pending an installation at a physician’s office? Usually a developer works with a Beta application first to ensure that it is in fact working and has feedback from...