Current Reports and Surveys of Interest
Some informative reports about the current and future state of the health IT industry focusing on EHRs, hospitals and mobile technology, value based reimbursements, and professional compensation.
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The Changing Role of Healthcare IT and Why It Requires Automation
By Derek Manky – For healthcare providers, patient experience and satisfaction are becoming increasingly important as consumers shift their approach to seeking medical care.
InterviewsNOW: Steve Matheson
As part of our on going series on InterviewsNOW, I spoke to Steve Matheson, VP Product and Sales at Bridgehead Software. The episode is now on-demand. Check it out and take a listen.
HIE Rundown – News from HIMSS18 3-09-18
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
HealthBI’s Scott McFarland says Step Away From the Fax Machine — Harlow on Healthcare
By David Harlow – Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The comapny enables real time coordination of value-based care delivery across providers by simplifying reporting by providers to payors and making resources available to providers to address patient needs.
Wearable Hospital Lab: NSF Awards $10M for Bioimaging
The National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to a Rice University-led team that hopes to create wearable and point-of-care microscopes that use on-chip illumination and sensing to non-invasively aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of nearly 100 health conditions that today require a biopsy or blood test.
Medicare Hospital Attestation Deadline Extended to March 16, 2018
The Medicare eligible hospital and CAH attestation deadline has been changed from Wednesday, February 28, 2018, to Friday, March 16, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. PT. This extension is being granted to provide hospitals additional time to submit attestation data and eCQM data.
Join CMS at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas!
Are you attending HIMSS18 in Las Vegas? Attend CMS educational sessions in Lando 4204, and talk with our CMS subject matter experts during office hours at booth #10110.
Review eCQM Draft Measure Packages for 2019 Reporting
CMS invites vendors and stakeholders to review and provide feedback on draft electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) packages that include logic and header changes for eCQMs under consideration for CMS quality reporting and payment programs.