Patient Portals: From Implementation to Maximizing Use
You likely have a patient portal to meet meaningful use, but here's how to put it into practice to really help your practice staff and your patients. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 15, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Rodney J. Moore Tags: Conferences/MGMA 2015 Technology Operations Patient Portals Patient Relations Source Type: news

CHIME gets down to brass tacks
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, with its more than 1,700 members, gets down to work today at its CHIME15 Fall CIO Forum. Policy and Legislation read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 15, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use Patient Engagement Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

The Current and Future Environment of Meaningful Use
While the latest rule clarification for CMS on the use of EHRs answers some questions for physicians, there are plenty remaining. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 14, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Rodney J. Moore Tags: Conferences/MGMA 2015 Health IT EHR Meaningful Use Source Type: news

Health Gorilla raises $2.4M for clinical communication platform
Health Gorilla, a Sunnyvale, California-based company that just released a clinical communication platform, raised $2.4 million from  Data Collective, with additional contributions from True Ventures, Harris Barton, Orfin Ventures and Venture Investment Associates. This brings the company’s total funding to $4.4 million. The recently launched Health Gorilla Clinical Network, a HIPAA-compliant and Meaningful Use Stage 2-certified […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - October 13, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Funding/M&A clinical communications Health Gorilla HIPAA lab tests Meaningful Use Stage 2 medical records Source Type: news

Making Sense of Healthcare's Regulatory Alphabet Soup
Major developments on ICD-10 and meaningful use are just the latest news out of Washington, D.C., affecting physicians and practices. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 12, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Keith L. Martin Tags: Conferences/MGMA 2015 ICD-10 Healthcare Reform Meaningful Use Physician Compensation Source Type: news

Innovative Ways for Small Practices to Invest in Tech
Even with potential meaningful use incentives from the government, small practices have to get creative with tech investments. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 12, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: JoAnna Haugen Tags: Finance Financing Technology EHR Technology Survey Source Type: news

The joint HIT standards and policy committee meeting
By John D. Halamka, MD All the members of the ONC Federal Advisory Committees met in Washington to review delivery system reform and the Interoperability Roadmap. We began the meeting with a thank you to Jodi Daniel, who will be leaving ONC after 10 years of service. Elizabeth Holland presented a data update on the Meaningful Use program.   She noted that 2015 attestation will open Jan 4, 2016-Feb 29, 2016.  The Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rule has not yet been released (but rumor suggests it may be released later today). Next, Karen DeSalvo presented a Delivery System Reform Update setting the context for the kinds of...
Source: Mass Device - October 12, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Blog Life as a Health Care CIO Source Type: news

D.C. Week: Mixed Reviews for CMS's Final Meaningful Use Rules
(MedPage Today) -- Also, a new long-acting antipsychotic wins nod from FDA (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

National Health IT Week: Where will we be in 5 years?
Imagine the state of healthcare and healthcare information technology in five years. What will it look like? Will healthcare provide more – or less – value? Will care be better coordinated? Will patients be more engaged? What about interoperability? Accountable Care read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News - October 8, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Electronic Health Records Interoperability Meaningful Use Quality and Safety Source Type: news

New Meaningful Use Rules: 5 Key Takeaways
There are 752 pages covering the changes to Stage 2 of meaningful use and finalizing Stage 3. We’ve whittled that down to five major takeaways. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - October 8, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Health IT Healthcare Reform EHR Meaningful Use Source Type: news

U.S. government finalizes meaningful use regulations
With the goal of making its meaningful use IT stimulus initiative simpler and...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: ONC finalizes interoperability road map Medical groups call for pause to MU program How to make VNA lemonade from stage 2 MU's lemons HIMSS: IT professionals target patient engagement HHS publishes proposed rule for stage 3 MU (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

New meaningful use rules issued, despite calls for reassessment
Two major regulations pertaining to the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program were issued late Tuesday afternoon, even as physicians and others continued calls for a full reassessment of the program. The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes changes in current reporting requirements and sets forth requirements for meaningful use Stage 3, which is planned for implementation in 2018.  The final rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT finalizes new certification criteria for EHR systems that will qualify for achieving meaningful use in Stage 3. The ...
Source: AMA Wire - October 7, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news

CMS delays Stage 3 meaningful use until 2018, simplifies program
Doctors will have 1 more year – until Jan. 1, 2018 – to comply with Stage 3 meaningful use requirements for electronic health records (EHRs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced. In its long-awaited <a... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 7, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news

AUDIO: Meaningful use interoperability ‘won’t work without the Internet’
WASHINGTON – The rules for Stage 3 of the meaningful use program have been finalized by the Obama administration, despite questions about physicians’ ability to achieve “interoperability” and pleas from politicians and providers alike to delay its implementation. Jonathan Bush, cofounder and CEO... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 7, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news

Mixed Reviews for CMS's Final Meaningful Use Rules
(MedPage Today) -- Critics say CMS jumped the gun (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - October 7, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news