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To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. The upshot?

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Modernizing Medicine To Pay $45 Million To Settle False Claims, Kickback Allegations

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EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. Miraca (now known as Inform Diagnostics) agreed in January 2019 to pay the DOJ $63.5

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Looking Back at the Last Decade of Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 26

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Join us as we discuss the biggest topics of the last decade and also the hot topics for 2019. Government Regulations – Meaningful Use. Another decade is almost in the books and so we take a look […] We're coming to the end of a decade and a lot has happened with Health IT. Cloud Acceptance. Cybersecurity Explosion.

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Is Patient Portal a Thing of the Past?

Healthcare IT Today

healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. This federal regulatory document called for sharing EHR data with. In fact, clinicians may also benefit from them when it comes to patients’ medical data, especially clinical notes and EHRs. In fact, it was. Stage 2 requirements.

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When sponsored CDS is a crime …

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Today, The Department of Justice issued an announcement that was “the first ever criminal action against an EHR vendor.” I wondered how we could prevent pharmaceutical companies from tempting EHR companies to do such things. ” Criminal action. There were certification requirements for clinical decision support.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

Comments are due February 12, 2019.) Or considering elimination of the reimbursement entirely, since providers received significant incentive payments to underwrite their EHRs in the first place.) Comments are due February 12, 2019.) The HIPAA RFI came next. Limiting the charge for copies of records to $6.50

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

Comments are due February 12, 2019.) Or considering elimination of the reimbursement entirely, since providers received significant incentive payments to underwrite their EHRs in the first place.) Comments are due February 12, 2019.) The HIPAA RFI came next. Limiting the charge for copies of records to $6.50

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