By Vibhore Gupta – With recent announcement made by ONC related to EHR attestation requirements, it is surely going to reduce burden on developers. The question arises on the implications and downstream consequences of such a move on the healthcare landscape.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the 2018 performance period electronic Clinical Quality Measure Logic Flows for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals to the eCQI Resource Center.
By Rachel Abrahams – The healthcare experience is about something broader and deeper than patient satisfaction. It’s about the physical and emotional well-being of patients, families, friends, nurses, doctors, staff, and team members.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is continuing to take steps to make attestation simpler for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
By John Flemming MD – Last week was National Health IT Week. I wanted to take some time to talk about one of my main areas of focus. Since I joined the ONC, I have spent a lot of my time gaining insight about the challenges facing our healthcare system as it relates to health IT.
By Jim Tate – We are whiling away the time today on a visit to the piedmont of North Carolina. Even though it is October it feels like the dog days of August. Humidity off the charts and I don’t even want to look at the temperature. What’s a poor boy to do?
By Matt Fisher – A patient walks into a physician’s exam room with an ever present smartphone or another digital device. The patient is especially concerned for the information that could be discussed during this visit and wants to be sure that they can remember everything.
By Dr. Elizabeth Marshall – “You can’t save everyone” I painfully remind myself after hearing about the fentanyl overdose of the 29-year-old man that we so desperately tried to help over the years. A man that floated in and out of our lives.
Last week’s annual National Health IT Week was abound with inspiration and hope for the future in healthcare. Thousands took to social media to share stories to show how health IT transforms lives. In case you missed it, we put together some highlights from the week.