Public Health Measures Exclusions a Sticky Area in Meaningful Use Audits
MU Attestation and Public Health Measures by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate “The windy beach, far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow” as Dylan proclaimed….
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Patient Centered Data is the Best Solution for “Meaningful Consent”
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently released guidelines to address the question of consent when it comes…
Weekly HIE Rundown 9-19-13
Health Information Exchange News Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to…
HIT Vendors Participate in National Health IT Week
This Week’s Sponsors and Partners This week is the 8th Annual National Health IT Week. The week raises awareness of Health Information Technology’s power to improve the…
EHR Incentive Audits to Escalate
EHR Incentive Audits, Now Pre-Payment by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate The calls keep coming in. Hospitals, providers, vendors, consultants, and of course the occasional journalist….
ONC to Present Update on National HIE Governance Activities
HIE Governance Progress National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private organization that works as a cooperative agreement partner of the Office of the National Coordinator for…
ONC Launches Patient Matching Initiative
Lee Stevens / Policy Director, State HIE Program As part of our ongoing effort to improve patient matching across disparate systems, we are beginning a collaborative…
Western States Consortium Pilot of Direct Demonstrates the Power of Federal/State Coordination
By John Rancourt / State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, Program Analyst-Presidential Management Fellow Health care providers in California and Oregon are now querying each others’…
Data Capture: Devil in the Details Confronting All Meaningful Users in 2014
By Robin Raiford and Anantachai (Tony) Panjamapirom, iHealthbeat.org To meet many of the meaningful use requirements, providers must capture, store and share clinical data mostly…