HIE Rundown 11-24-14
Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of…
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The Great American Smokeout
Since 1977, the third Thursday of November has designated the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout. The day is to encourage smokers to use the date to plan to quit.
Practice Size Correlates to EHR Usage
A staggering half of doctors in solo practices did not use EHR, while a mere 10% of physicians in practices with 20 plus didn’t. From these statistics it is clear that many of those considering switching to EHR are going to be smaller practices.
Recent Surveys and Reports Released
eHealth Initiative releases surveys on ICD-10 and health information exchange. HealthCatalyst finds that analytics is top priority for health system executives. AHRQ studies indication alerts at CPOE and interception of medication errors.
Navicure Selected by CMS for ICD-10 End-to-End Testing
Navicure announced it has been selected for ICD-10 “end-to-end” testing with eight Medicare payers during the week of January 26-30, 2015. The opportunity will allow participating physician practices to remedy potential problem areas before ICD-10 is implemented on October 1, 2015.
Twitter #DHC14 Hashtag Highlights
The New York eHealth Collaborative’s fourth annual Digital Health Conference 2014 was held at Pier Sixty in New York City this week. Here are some highlights from the events twitter feed #DHC14.
More EHR Audits Planned for 2015
More EHR audits are on the way. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will continue to pay closer attention to the healthcare industry’s use of electronic health records–in particular HIPAA security, EHR incentive payments and fraud, according to the office’s recently released 2015 work plan.
New Health IT Products and Tools
Announcements and launches from Amazing Charts, NextGen, and CareCloud. Meet Molly, your new nurse avatar. Check out new mobile healthcare analytics and home health IT solutions.
This Week’s Federal Advisory Committee Schedule
Don’t miss these HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee meetings scheduled for this week.