ONC Releases 2014 Edition Release 2 Final Rule
HHS Provides Additional Flexibility for Certification of EHRs The following is correspondence from the ONC Health information technology (IT) developers, providers and consumers will get…
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New Rules for Achieving Meaningful Use in 2014
The Other Shoe Droppeth By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com We’ve been waiting for it to drop since…
Final Rule issued for 2014 EHR Incentive Program
Providers offered ‘flexibility’ By Joy Rios, Managing Partner at Practice Transformation Twitter: @askjoyrios There should be laws against publishing important program updates late afternoon on the Friday before…
CMS Releases Final Rule on Modifications of the EHR Incentive Programs for 2014
Rule Allows Flexibility in Certified EHR Technology for 2014 In typical ONC and CMS fashion, the newest final rule for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR…
Will C-CDA be the new PDF?
Health IT Stuff I Found – Consolidated-Clinical Data Architecture By Joy Rios, Managing Partner at Practice Transformation Twitter: @askjoyrios Remember when there used to be several versions of Microsoft…
Meaningful Use and the Sin of Omission
Exclusion of Meaningful Use Public Health Measures – Focus on Eligible Hospitals By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com…
The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Finish Line
Stage 2 Readiness For Use in the Next Few Weeks By John Halamka, MD Twitter: @jhalamka Hospitals across the country have until September 30 to complete…
Much Hadoop About Something
To Hadoop or Not to Hadoop and the Impact on Big Data Riddle me this. Hadoop is: An open-source software platform for storing and processing…
Meaningful Use Mock Audit Q&A
Meaningful Use Mock Audit Encore Event By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com CMS EHR Incentives 2.0 A couple…