Is Meaningful Use Stifling Innovation in Health IT?
COMMENTARY Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards Twitter @Motorcycle_Guy I write this post after reading Margalit Gur-Arie’s excellent post on Alternative Health IT. She’s one of those…
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Do Physicians Spend Too Much Time With Computers?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor A recent study of work hours of medical interns in the new era of duty…
What Measures Success of an EHR Implementation?
EHR Implementation Completion and Success William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author A recent exchange…
HIPAA: A $50,000 Question
Ask Joy: This Week – HIPAA Omnibus Rule Deadline Do you feel it—the looming deadline of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule? September 23 is quickly approaching. This week,…
Health IT Documents for Your Digital Reader
Health IT References and White Papers Worthy of a Read It is time to reload your reader with the newest and updated documents. Catch up…
Retention versus Loyalty
Loyalty is about Maximizing Long Term Value COMMENTARY Chandresh Shah, Follow him @chandresh27 Visit his site: ChandreshShah.com email: chandresh@chandreshshah.com I have frequently talked about differentiators in…
STAT! Is Meaningful Use Trouble Under Your Network’s Skin?
Technology Tests for Meaningful Use Payments & HIPAA Compliance COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting Every day doctors order labs, X-rays, MRI’s, ultrasounds, biopsies, endoscopies, and…
Big Bang Live is DOA without Proper Implementation
Big Bang Live COMENTARY Adam Nason Consultant, Medsys Group With Meaningful Use coming at hospitals like a meteor headed straight for Earth, some hospitals are…
PQRS Program Milestones
Physician Quality Reporting System Important Dates Providers considered eligible and able to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting…