Beacon Communities Show Progress in Using Electronic Data for Quality Measurement The ONC’s Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program funds 17 communities across the U.S. The Beacon Community Program is…
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Security of Electronic Health Records I’ve been thinking lately about the security and privacy issues around patient information stored in electronic health records. No doubt…
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The effort to build health IT products that are patient-facing, and able to pull together all the health information about…
AHRQ Presents Insights on Use of Health IT Tools in Ambulatory Settings The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency…
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…
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 COMENTARY Adam Nason Consultant, Medsys Group With Meaningful Use coming at hospitals like a meteor headed straight for Earth, some hospitals are…
Physician Quality Reporting System Important Dates Providers considered eligible and able to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting…
Ask Joy: This Week on Meaningful Use Stage 2 This week, we’ll be answering questions about some of the specifics of Meaningful Use Stage 2….