This week’s HIE rundown includes: EHNAC collaborates with the Cooperative Exchange to enhance the Accreditation process, Black Book ranks Cerner No. 1 open system HIE provider, & PerfectServe expands its user base to approximately 58,000 physicians.
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By Jonathan Krasner – Although HIPAA is an important set of laws passed to protect the sensitive medical information handled by millions of covered entities and business associates, HHS Office for Civil Rights has never established a permanent compliance audit program.
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Mathematically, the gap between $3.6 million and $17,000 is a chasm. This is something you know well if you’re Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, which paid the latter number to unlock patient data held hostage by malicious hackers using ransomware.
Check out the latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments in the healthcare and health IT industry.
By Terry Hayes – Regardless of the hospital or specialty office, nurses are an essential piece of patient-centered healthcare delivery models. As a former pediatric nurse practitioner, I know firsthand the amount of responsibilities nurses juggle, all while maintaining the personal, bedside manner needed to ensure patients and their families feel comfortable and knowledgeable about treatment and care.
CMS is reporting these events, updates and deadlines for providers and hospitals. These items focus on the agency’s EHR Incentive programs as well as their eHealth and health IT programs and initiatives.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in February. Active registrants total over a half a million.
CMS is pleased to announce the posting of several 2016 PQRS educational materials. PQRS is a quality reporting program that encourages individual eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices to report information on the quality of care to Medicare.