ICD-10, What next?
ICD-10, What next? By John Halamka, MD After the senate vote on HR 4302 last night , I sent an email to the CIOs of…
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EHR Features That are Changing Medicine
EHR’s Clinical Decision Support By Zach Watson Twitter: @Technology_Adv The United States healthcare system is in the midst of a technological revolution. Less than a…
Indemnification and BA Agreements
Indemnification: Is It Needed In A Business Associate Agreement? By Matthew Fisher Twitter: @matt_r_fisher The requirement for Covered Entities under the Health Insurance Portability and…
Senate Passes Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, Pushes ICD-10 Compliance Date Back
Delay of ICD-10 Now in the Hands of the President It’s been a whirlwind few days for the healthcare industry. Last Thursday the House of…
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Hardship Application
If I Appy for Hardship What Happens? By John Halamka, MD Many people have emailed me about the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Hardship application for hospitals and eligible professionals….
Lean Management Healthcare Principles
Where is the Lean? By  Sean Carey Twitter: @esseeconsulting While information about lean healthcare is rapidly expanding, from books to conferences to blogs, long-term care predictably…
Patient Information System Recalls
FDA Posts Recall of Computerized Record System William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author While EHRs…
HIPAA Enforcement Goes Beyond OCR
HIPAA Enforcement Blind Spots By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting HIPAA enforcement has increased in recent years, but the US Department of Health and…
HIT Policy Committee Cuts Stage 3 MU Requirements
Committee Votes to Cut Stage 3 Requirements By Zach Watson Twitter: @Technology_Adv Not long after changing the timeline for implementing the third stage of Meaningful Use…