Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

With TEFCA, Designated QHINs are the dynamic force in the seamless sharing of health data among healthcare industry providers and organizations to improve patient outcomes. Standard data representation, secure information exchange, and human-centric design will simplify care team decisions.

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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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Chilmark Research

APRIL 3, 2013

As we’ve reported in a previous post , HIMSS13 afforded enormous buzz and less enlightenment regarding the state of health IT, particularly the four key areas we see as essential to this industry making a true difference in patient care. Enter Happtique and its Health App Certification Program.

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Docnotes

APRIL 26, 2024

Tomorrow marks the 20th birthday of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. There is little disagreement that information technology – well applied – can (will / must) improve the health of the people of the United States.

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Digital Health Today

JANUARY 28, 2021

A Sponsored Post by Azalea Health. Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009, healthcare has digitized rapidly, with electronic health records (EHRs) now ubiquitous across medical practices – except for within behavioral health.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 30, 2017

After years of doing this blog in fits and starts — particularly the two-year gap while I was essentially prohibited by a full-time employer from writing about health IT here or anywhere else but that company’s site — I have decided to refocus on healthcare consumers rather than industry insiders.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. patients to improve their engagement and independent health management. In fact, the wave of patient portal deployment wasn’t caused by patients’ interest. In fact, it was. Stage 2 requirements. Patient portals. It’s patient education.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Retaining, acquiring, and finding new ways to serve patients is necessary for large health systems that want to remain competitive and profitable. However, the current state of the industry and evolving patient needs make it anything but simple. So, how can health systems accomplish this goal?

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CMS.gov

MARCH 7, 2013

Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The next step on the path of meaningful adoption of health information technology (HIT) for providers—will launch later this year for hospitals and next year for eligible professionals. By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. Could they use a nip and tuck, a little freshening up around the edges? Well, that moment has arrived (maybe). But not a wholesale revision.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. Could they use a nip and tuck, a little freshening up around the edges? Well, that moment has arrived (maybe). But not a wholesale revision.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 27, 2018

Not surprisingly, however, the AHA did approve of CMS’s proposal to drop from hospital “Meaningful Use” rules various requirements, such as having at least one patient view, download or transmit their information electronically. What does “health information” mean?

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