Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This seems to me a reasonable way to identify duplicates, although one can question what happens when an EHR automatically generates text. Several respondents say that government regulations from the Meaningful Use era, starting in 2009, make it hard to comply without loading each note down with duplicate information.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2024

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Their conversation touched on Ambient Assist in the mobile EHR, making Mirth Connect GDPR compliant, and partnering with CrowdStrike on zero trust. Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Liza Dzhezhora, Healthcare IT Analyst at Itransition. However, this titanic effort in patient portal development alone seems to be insufficient for portal adoption: the same poll reports that barely 30% of patients use these solutions, year after year. In fact, it was. Stage 2 requirements.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S. Since the U.S. So much to consider here!

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 17, 2018

Federal healthcare organizations, such as CMS, have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to bridge the gap between medical data and quality patient care with interoperability requirements and data integration, the mesh used to try and bridge the gap. Many government rules have been written to address the […].

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Chilmark Research

APRIL 3, 2013

Stage 2 meaningful use is requiring a deeper level of patient access to their records via view, download and transmit requirements and there is even a requirement for some email messaging between provider and patient. The group’s stated purpose is to enable interoperability across the five founding members’ EHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

We believe TEFCA will lead to additional exchange partners and eventually will support additional use cases beyond queries for treatment and individual access. Fragmented systems are a major hurdle, as diverse EHR systems often lack compatibility, making seamless data sharing difficult.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Fast forward” and Inovalon has de-identified data on 230 million patients – health plan data, plus EHR data, plus patient-reported data, plus socioeconomic data.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Fast forward” and Inovalon has de-identified data on 230 million patients – health plan data, plus EHR data, plus patient-reported data, plus socioeconomic data.

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Import Immunity

MARCH 23, 2015

My plan was to just go quietly into the night, but looking through the recently-released Meaningful Use 3 requirements convinced me that I really ought to put this out there. So what about these technologies made them unsuitable for real use? And it did — in this completely artificial environment. all ready to go today.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

by David Harlow […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The following is a guest article by John D’Amore, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Diameter Health. Almost every article on the 10 years since the passage of the HITECH Act mentions the over $35 billion spent to incentivize the implementation of electronic health records. Most go on to conclude either “We failed!”

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Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

We spoke a bit about the TEFCA — the interoperability framework proposed by ONC under the 21st Century Cures Act — which is intended to create a framework of trust that will ensure that healthcare records can be transferred and used in creation of longitudinal records for everyone. Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

We spoke a bit about the TEFCA — the interoperability framework proposed by ONC under the 21st Century Cures Act — which is intended to create a framework of trust that will ensure that healthcare records can be transferred and used in creation of longitudinal records for everyone. Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

DECEMBER 30, 2017

I have written articles about each of these transitions and more. Up to now we have focused on getting EHR to publish or simply make available the data they have. The other slide decks further elaborate on this plan. It is driven by delivering Value, not just Volume. It is just way too hard to get right. If they happen, all the better.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic CIO – Harlow on Healthcare - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Good stuff — did Ed have perspective on who wins out when. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC. David Harlow. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic CIO – Harlow on Healthcare - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Good stuff — did Ed have perspective on who wins out when. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 27, 2012

The transport identified in Meaningful Use 2 as (b) is NOT a transport, it is a functional specification for a service that converts Direct to/from XDR. It isn't a specification that EHR technology would implement. I made the Karen's Cross observation about the NPRM , but I seemed to have failed to make it clear.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

by David Harlow […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

by David Harlow […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

by David Harlow […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

by David Harlow […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred said his colleagues on the task force were real “heavyweights” from government and industry, and that he ended up being a voice for health IT — People on the task force know a lot about cybersecurity, but not as much about how EHRs and PHRs work. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred said his colleagues on the task force were real “heavyweights” from government and industry, and that he ended up being a voice for health IT — People on the task force know a lot about cybersecurity, but not as much about how EHRs and PHRs work. Now EHRs — and PHRs — are more accessible.

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