Using Results-Oriented Social Media
The following guest post is contributed by John Luginbill, CEO and Founder of THE HEAVYWEIGHTS and author of the blog TurnUpYourVolume. Using results-oriented social media…
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Federal Funding for Medicaid HIT Activities
State Medicaid Directors received guidelines from CMS to explain how to get federal funds for investments in health information technology. The States are eligible for…
EHRs: Getting It Right the First Time
Electronic Health Records: Getting It Right the First Time The researchers at Datamonitor have teamed with HITECH Answers to provide the HITECH community with the…
Driving Toward Meaningful Use Conference
TCBI presents The Inaugural Digital Medical Office of the Future: Driving Toward Meaningful Use Conference in Las Vegas, September 9 and 10. This educational conference…
Exceptions to Stage 1 Meaningful Use Objectives
Exceptions to Stage 1 Meaningful Use Objectives Here are five (not all) exceptions to the rule for Stage 1 Meaningful use objectives. Core Objective: Use…
Core competencies of meaningful use
Core Competencies of Meaningful Use William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University Although many…
EHR Tool – Meaningful Use Requirements
The release of CMS’ Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on December 30, 2009 defined meaningful use and proposed the objectives and measures eligible providers…
Enrollment Workgroup soliciting comments
In March of 2010 the Affordable Care Act was enacted. The Act asks the HIT Policy and HIT Standards Committees to come up with a…
HIPAA final rule goes back to the drawing board
August 24, 2009, HHS issued the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information; Interim Final Rule. The rule requires certain health care facilities to notify…