Health IT Digest Featuring Meaningful Use, Patient Portals, HIPAA, Stage 2 CQMs

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Posted By: Roberta Mullin April 14, 2012

This week’s posts include Patient Portals in Stage 2 Meaningful Use and more

The release of proposed Stage 2 requirements has everyone jumping on the Patient Portal bandwagon.  As one of our contributing experts Ron Sterling says “Patient Portals in Stage 2 won’t be choice, they will be a necessity.” You don’t have to search long or far to find out what some leading bloggers, Health IT media and industry experts have to say about this topic. Here’s a sampling…

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On March 7th CMS published the NPRM for the EHR Incentive Program Stage 2 in the Federal Register. It is currently in the comment period until May 7th. In the notice CMS proposes that Clinical Quality Measures (CQM) will no longer be a core objective but rather a reporting requirement on their own. CMS has now published the list of CQMs they are proposing. The CQM priorities are:…

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A disturbing number of EHR issues and medical professional liability claims are based on serious problems with exam notes and other clinical documentation recorded in an EHR. Regardless of the legitimacy of care and treatment, the inappropriate use of…
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At the Jefferson Memorial you find a lot of Jefferson’s writings – – as opposed to Lincoln’s, for example (one thing that makes sense in Washington, DC). One of them says this: “I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.”…
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An original concept of the National Physicians Alliance, Choosing Wisely is now an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The initiative is promoting patient care that is supported by evidence, does not duplicate unnecessary tests, and is free from harm. It is important…