With apologies to Will Smith fans (Fresh Prince era): Here´s what eligible providers need to know about getting incentive dollars from CMS for the meaningful use of electronic health records in under 3 minutes. The American College of Medical Informatimusicology presents the Meaningful Yoose Rap, written and performed by Dr. HITECH, aka Ross […]
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In part 1, we discussed some of the nuances of registering for Meaningful Use (MU) reporting and why most practices would be better off waiting until 2012 – such as still being able to qualify for E-Prescribing incentives. In part 2, we give you an action plan for getting your practice ready for MU. How […]
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Like many things in life, you can either choose to do something or wait until something happens to you. Many physicians are taking the latter approach when it comes to electronic medical records implementation and the Meaningful Use (MU) incentives from CMS. Their feeling is that it would be safer to wait until EMR systems […]
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On American Medical News, a report on a meeting of the AMA National Advocacy Conference found CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, answering some tough questions, including the effect that some reimbursement cuts have had on certain specialties and challenges to EMR adoption. Also on the agenda was David Blumenthal, MD, the outgoing national health information […]
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“Certified” is the $44,000 buzzword prefixing electronic health records (EHR) software. To qualify for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clincal Health (HITECH) Act incentive payments, you must use an EHR that is certified by the government. Additionally, you must use a system – or systems – that offer 100% of the functional and security […]
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That feels like it should be said with a German accent. But seriously, the date for registration for Medicare’s EHR incentive payment program begins on January 3, 2011. According to a report on MassDevice.com, the CMS and the ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) have announced key milestones for implementation of […]
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According to a report in Health Data Management magazine, InfoGard Laboratories has been selected by ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) as the latest entity for certifying EHR (electronic health records) systems. Based in San Luis Obispo, California, InfoGard, a federally accredited IT security testing laboratory since 1995, joins current certifiers […]
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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), one of the two entities approved for certifying electronic health records (EHR) systems, has just announced the first wave of EHR/EMR products (33 for now) officially achieving Stage 1 certification. The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that [a particular] EHR technology is capable of meeting […]
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Information Technology (ONCHIT) has announced the first two companies that have been authorized to test and certify EHR (electronic health records) systems, according to a report by the American Academy of Family Practice. CCHIT (The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology), one of the entities, is no big […]