By John Halamka – “Do we need more or less healthcare IT regulation and legislation” is that we need the right amount of the right regulations/legislation. Sometimes when clinicians prescribe medication, although it does therapeutic good, it creates side effects which need to be addressed by changing a dose or by adding additional medications.
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On July 6, CMS released the Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) proposed rule. This rule includes a number of proposed changes that would affect the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Recently making news in health information exchange is New York eHealth Collaborative, Inovalon, athenahealth, DirectTrust and Document Storage Systems, Inc.
By Susannah Fox – On his first day in office, President Obama announced administration policies to make government serve the American people better through greater transparency, collaboration, and participation. Known as the federal government’s Open Government Initiative, each agency has developed a plan every other year outlining steps.
By Karen B. DeSalvo MD & Jocelyn Samuels – Many of us now use wearables and other types of health information technology to help us manage our health and the health of our loved ones. These fitness trackers and other technologies are changing the way we interact and control our own health.
From accessing medial records from your iphone, to a wearable, real-time wellness app that can diagnose what stresses you out, here are the latest healthcare apps hitting the internet stores for patients and doctors including apps from Apple, Spire, BBMK Technologies and Royal Solutions Group.
By William Hersh MD – Earlier this month was graduation at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and I was proud to see 41 individuals listed in the program receiving Graduate Certificates as well as master’s and PhD degrees in biomedical informatics.
By William A. Hyman – Discussions of HIPAA and HIPAA violations are common in these pages, and are of course important for those subject to the requirements and wrath of HIPAA. I have also heard that “What about HIPAA?” is a question that can kill an app developer’s bid for funding.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2017 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) Implementation Guide (IG), Schematrons, and sample file.