By Lisa Gouin – The phrase “it’s a buyer’s market” is predominantly used in the real estate business, not healthcare. However, for many practices and healthcare organizations, it appears to be the perfect narrative for our changing healthcare landscape.
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By D’Arcy Gue – No, there is no Meaningful Use for behavioral health hospitals, and yes, some mental health clinicians remain skeptical about the proposed value of EHRs.
By Susan Biddle – The havoc that Ransomware creates is real, its immediate impact and implications clear: workstations are disabled, files are encrypted and systems are shut down.
By John Halamka MD – Sharing BIDMC guidelines based on the input from a multi-disciplinary working group. Many healthcare organizations are at the early stage developing social media policies.
By Johanna Legaspi – When hearing the words “information governance”, at first glance, you think ‘does this deal with the government’? In fact, it is a part of something larger than we expected: healthcare information and data security.
CMS has been sharing guidance to help providers and industry members participate successfully in ongoing CMS health IT initiatives.
By Alex Tate – Physicians, hospitals, healthcare centers and other associated services are all using some sort of IT infrastructure in order to provide better care, cut costs and improve patient experience.
By Jim Tate – In 2015 CMS released a Final Rule that upset the Meaningful Use apple cart. No longer did we have to remember what were Core vs. Menu measures.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is developing a centralized repository for public health agency (PHA) and clinical data registry (CDR) reporting. The repository will assist providers in finding entities that accept electronic public health data.