2015 ONC Annual Meeting – Day 2
The ONC Annual Meeting concluded on day 2 as they continued discussing their theme, Interoperable Health IT for a Healthy Nation. If you didn’t attend the meeting, check out the webcast.
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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – January 2015
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January.
Searching for Creative Patient Portal Solutions
By Joy Rios, Health IT Consultant at Ask Joy Health IT Consulting Twitter: @askjoyrios This year, as you may already know, both hospitals and physician…
2015 ONC Annual Meeting – Day 1
Follow the event and join the conversation on Twitter with their hashtag #ONC2015 A full day started this year’s ONC Annual Meeting. Discussions and speakers…
New Health IT Products and Tools 2015
Check out the announcements and launches from SCOTTeVEST, medQ, ITUS Med, and FDB.
CMS Intends to Modify Requirements for Meaningful Use
By Patrick Conway MD – CMS is pleased to announce our intent to engage in rulemaking to update the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs beginning in 2015. These intended changes would help to reduce the reporting burden on providers, while supporting the long term goals of the program.
2015 EHR Incentive Program Changes to Come
Breaking News: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to engage in rulemaking this spring to help ensure providers continue to meet meaningful use requirements.
Free Live Physician CME Webinar
To qualify for Meaningful Use, improve patient engagement, and prepare for value-based reimbursement, nearly 40% of all physicians are looking to switch EHRs. Many have put it off because this big switch is very challenging.
The Digital Consumer
By Michael A Wittie & Simone Myrie – Data rests at the heart of health IT’s capacity to help improve care quality and health outcomes: standards-based, interoperable electronic systems make it possible to access, share, use and re-use information that was once locked in paper charts kept by individual providers.