Applying Structured Change Management to EHR Implementations
Change Management and EHR Implementations The value of Electronic Health Records (EHR) seems obvious to most of us. With our vast progress in technology, it…
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HIPAA Compliance & Meaningful Use Tech Tips (part 2)
COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting HIPAA Compliance Tech Tips Part 2 (for the first of this 2-part series click here) More critical components of a HIPAA compliant…
WEDI and OCR Summer Webinar Series on HIPAA Omnibus Continues
Webinars Offer Guidance to Small Healthcare Providers on Implementing HIPAA Omnibus The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a non-profit organization established in 1991…
Lawmakers Look to Expand Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Eligibility
MITECH Act Reintroduced to Expand Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Last week lawmakers reintroduced efforts to expand meaningful use incentive payments to certain clinics and safetey-net providers…
CMS Releases Updated Data on EHR Adoption
Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new data that demonstrate that doctors and hospitals are using electronic health records (EHRs) to provide more…
HIPAA Compliance and Meaningful Use Tech Tips
HIPAA Compliance Tech Tips Part 1 of 2 COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting HIPAAÂ Compliance can be a mystery. It can be even more mysterious when…
CMS Proposed 2014 Physician Fee Schedule Impacts CQM Reporting in Stage 2
Recommends Changes to CQM Reporting in Stage 2 of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program On July 8, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
Eight Health-IT Vendors Receive Certification Under New Program Launched by IHE USA and ICSA Labs
Pilot Program Aimed at Addressing Interoperability of Software Systems in Healthcare A healthcare certification program — launched early this year to help address one of…
Why Healthcare Must Operationalize Data Breach Response
COMMENTARY Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts Over the last decade, the scope of identity theft has widened from credit card and financial fraud…