Sampling of EHR comments on Stage 3 meaningful use
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services extended the comment period for Stage 3 meaningful use this past month, and the comments continue to roll in.
Meaningful Use
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 18, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Clinical Electronic Health Records Interoperability Meaningful Use Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Attend to EHRs so we can attend to patients, physicians say
The burden of meaningful use regulations and the associated problems with electronic health record (EHR) technology has plagued physicians for far too long. At the 2015 AMA Interim Meeting, physicians took action with the goal of removing these hindrances to physicians’ ability to provide quality care to patients.
EHR interoperability is crucial to certification process
Policy was adopted concerning shortcomings in EHR interoperability. The meaningful use program offers powerful financial incentives and disincentives for physicians but does not do so for EHR vendors. Meanwhile, most EHR systems fail to satisfy physic...
Source: AMA Wire - November 17, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
AAFP Backs Bill to Grant Forbearance on MU Penalties
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., has sponsored the Meaningful Use Relief Act that would allow CMS to grant a blanket hardship exception for eligible health professionals who cannot attest to meaningful use stage two for 2015. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - November 11, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AHA, HIMSS weigh in on ONC interoperability plans
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory in its public comment period has drawn some criticism from industry groups, which say the draft needs more detail and clarity.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Meaningful Use Source Type: news
Mobile health: a largely untapped market for healthcare
Consumers want health apps to do more for their lives, to "more accurately communicate and monitor their health." But product sophistication and an accurate understanding of consumer profiles limit capability.
A recent study published by the Journal of Medical Internet Research and designed by New York University revealed the consumer perspective of health app use in the U.S.
[See also: Mobile health app market in growth mode]
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Mobile Patient Engagement Population Health Source Type: news
How to spur Congress to act: 7 essential elements of storytelling
The struggle with electronic health records (EHR) is real, and Congress needs to hear from physicians. But how can you make your story compelling? How can you pen a tale that cuts to the heart of the matter and inspires your members of Congress to take action? These seven elements of storytelling—recommended by an expert on engaging members of Congress—will help you craft the most potent version of your story.
In an AMA Very Influential Physicians (VIP) webinar last week, Brad Fitch, president and CEO of the Congressional Management Foundation, delivered expert advice on how physicians can compose and position thei...
Source: AMA Wire - November 6, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
Docs send Congress meaningful use SOS
The rallying cry to do something about the meaningful use program is getting louder and more insistent.
Earlier this week, the American Medical Association and 111 medical societies sent please to Congress urging a reprieve - or at the very least, a "refocus" of Stage 3 of the program, they write.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 6, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Interoperability Meaningful Use Policy and Legislation Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Medical groups rebel against meaningful use HIT program
The American Medical Association and 110 other medical associations have asked...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Meaningful use failed radiology. My group qualified for stage 1 based on the criteria, but the software the hospital used could not support attestation. We have electronic reports and we are completely digital. ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 5, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AAFP Leaders Take Family Medicine's Message to Capitol Hill
Members of the AAFP Board of Directors spoke to lawmakers about FPs' frustration with meaningful use rules, Medicare payment and other issues. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - November 4, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medical Societies Seek 'Meaningful' Relief From CongressMedical Societies Seek 'Meaningful' Relief From Congress
They want legislation to force revision of meaningful use stage 3 rule that CMS just announced. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - November 4, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Most patients prefer portals for test results
Patients tend to prefer Web portals for receiving the results of common medical...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Personal touch wins over patients, referring physicians (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 4, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)
The purpose of the SHIP is to help small rural hospitals of 49 beds or less, do any or all of the following: 1) enable the purchase of equipment and/or training to help hospitals attain value-based purchasing provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA); 2) aid small rural hospitals in joining or becoming accountable care organizations, or create shared savings programs per the ACA; and 3) enable small rural hospitals to purchase health information technology, equipment, and/or training to comply with meaningful use, ICD-10 standards, and payment bundling. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - November 3, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
EHR meaningful use doomed unless Congress steps in
Congress just received an urgent call to action from physicians: Unless lawmakers intervene in the federal electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, physicians—who are frustrated by the “near impossibility of compliance with meaningless and ill-informed bureaucratic requirements”—likely will abandon the program completely. Physicians laid out the bleak situation in letters delivered to Congress Monday night.
Complex requirements and clear-cut problems
In the face of new regulations that will make program requirements under Stage 3 even less achievable and more disruptive, the AMA and 110 other medi...
Source: AMA Wire - November 3, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
Healthcare IT News names 2015 Best Hospital IT Departments
Hospital IT departments have a lot on their proverbial plates these days, as they work to help their health systems manage the minutia of meaningful use attestations, deal with the nuts and bolts of the ICD-10 changeover (so far, so good!) and strengthen defenses against data security threats that only seem to get more complex and vexing by the minute. To name just a few.
Best Hospital Label:
Best Hospital IT Departments
Workforce
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 2, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Network Infrastructure Quality and Safety Workforce Source Type: news
Why Doctors are Declining Meaningful Use
Why is the dropout rate of the EHR Incentive Program getting higher and higher? Experts say there are multiple reasons. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 30, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Rodney J. Moore Tags: Health IT EHR Meaningful Use Technology Source Type: news
