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In part 1, we discussed just what is meant by a meaningful user and in part 2 we touched briefly on some of the changes made in the meaningful use rules from the proposed rules to the final rules. Whereas initially there was an 80% threshold that had to be met for pretty much every […]
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We are a little over two years into our electronic medical records implementation at the time of this writing. Since we have been performing a gradual rollout, the entire process has been relatively uneventful. Most of the credit for this goes to our chief information officer (technospeak for the head of our IT department) and […]
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In part 1, we introduced the different stages of meaningful use criteria as defined by CMS in their final rules, released July 13, 2010. Many practices and hospitals breathed a collective sigh of relief on the one hand, as several criteria had thresholds that were less onerous than were originally proposed. It seems that CMS […]
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On Tuesday July 13, CMS released the final rule for adopting a certified electronic health record (EHR) system. After listing about 60 acronyms and abbreviations (and it’s impossible to remember them when reading the subsequent text), what follows is approximately 800 pages of proposals, related comments, and final rulings. All this is to spell out […]
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A recent post on the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog reported on an interview with a professor of law and bioethics who believes that electronic medical records will bring on a whole host of liability issues for medical practitioners.
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According to a report on FierceEMR.com, the CMS has announced that by July 14 it will release its final ruling on the EMR “meaningful use” standards which will finally spell out just how healthcare providers can become eligible for the HITECH (Healthcare Information for Electronic and Clinical Health) Act financial incentive payments. In addition, it […]
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One of the most common questions we get is, “How to we qualify for the financial incentives for EMR implementation?” Even so, we would think this should be everyone’s number one question. After all, the costs of both the EMR software and the associated hardware are not insignificant. Who is going to pay for all […]
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As if physicians didn’t have enough to concern themselves with regards to HIPAA, new healthcare legal guidelines are about to make things much more complicated. But first, let’s take a closer look at the regulations regarding the protection of patient information. Legislation. HIPAA (the Healthcare Information Portability and Accountability Act) has provisions requiring the safeguarding […]
