National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, has been established to inspire, educate, and empower healthcare providers and the public about the importance of advance care planning.
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This week’s HIE rundown includes: EHNAC collaborates with the Cooperative Exchange to enhance the Accreditation process, Black Book ranks Cerner No. 1 open system HIE provider, & PerfectServe expands its user base to approximately 58,000 physicians.
HIEs are working to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Here are updates being reported from some of these organizations.
CMS is reporting these events, updates and deadlines for providers and hospitals. These items focus on the agency’s EHR Incentive programs as well as their eHealth and health IT programs and initiatives.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in February. Active registrants total over a half a million.
With the technical connection between New Mexico and Colorado HIEs in place, providers in both states can share clinical patient information across state lines. This is particularly important in the Four Corners region where it’s common for patients to live in one state and work in a neighboring state.
Statewide Health Information Exchanges come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Here are updates being reported from these organizations: Cal INDEX, VITL, GLHC, and the PA eHealth Partnership Authority.
This week’s HIE rundown includes: ONC launches the Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG), Caradigm announced the launch of Open Exchange, and DataMotion Health announces new platform capabilities for sharing info & communicating.
CMS has published frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the public health reporting objective for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Read the questions and answers.