Upcoming Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Program Milestones
October 15, 2013 PQRS Program Milestones Providers considered eligible and able to participate in PQRS may be subject to a payment adjustment beginning in 2015….
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Mostashari Comments on Meaningful Use, Health IT Challenges
Mostashari Addresses Concerns on Stage 2 Meaningful Use Timing During a meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee on Wednesday, National Coordinator for Health IT…
Patient Engagement: Do FitBit Results Count Toward MU?
Ask Joy: This Week –Â Patient Generated Health Data Let’s talk about patient engagement from a slightly different angle. These days, any patient with a smart…
The Great EHR Market Shakeout
By Tom Sullivan, Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor When Mike Taylor was shopping for a new electronic health record system, vendors boldly sat across the…
eHealth Program Milestones for 2014
By Robert Tagalicod Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, CMS 2014 will be a big year for CMS eHealth programs— there are key deadlines for…
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…
Why Does Identity Matter for Interoperability?
Identity is Vital to the Concept of Interoperability I’m Eric Rosenfeld, Chief Technology Officer at DrFirst. Or am I? Do you really know? But in…
Responding to a Data Breach in the Cloud
Operating in the Cloud Brings Additional Data Security Issues Doug Pollack, ID Experts There are new and additional challenges that come into play when you…
Is Your Copier a Hidden HIPAA Risk?
Health plan pays $ 1.2 million for failure to recognize HIPAA risk Remember when copiers were simple—just paper in, copies out? Once they began scanning…