November 6, 2012 11:11 AM
Posted by: adelvecchio
EHR implementation,
EHR incentives,
meaningful use incentivesDoctors are expected to leave private practices for hospitals at an increased rate over the next 18 months. Technology mandates and increasing costs of maintaining a private...
October 25, 2012 12:00 PM
Posted by: EdBurns
CMS,
EHR incentives,
hhs,
Meaningful use,
RegulationsHere we go again.
A group of four Republican Senators recently sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for a meeting to go over concerns they have with the meaningful use program. This...
December 28, 2011 12:46 PM
Posted by: CbyerTechTarget
EHR incentives,
electronic health record,
health IT innovation,
ONC,
regional extension centersGiven the amount of grants the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) doles out to health care organizations for health IT implementation, the idea of monitoring the effectiveness of those grants would seemingly be a wise initiative.
That's why ONC announced it's creating a national database...
October 26, 2011 10:23 AM
Posted by: DonFluckinger
EHR,
EHR incentives,
EMR,
New ZealandLast week at the Partners Connected Health Symposium 2011, I had the privilege of conducting an extended sit-down interview with George Arnold, program manager for Health of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, which helps manage the health care system and its IT infrastructure.
His agency released...
January 5, 2011 12:00 AM
Posted by: DonFluckinger
blumenthal,
CMS,
EHR,
EHR incentives,
EHRIP,
EMR,
medicaid,
medicare,
ONCTurning the calendar over to 2011 means it's a whole new ballgame, both for NFL players -- who have finished their regular season and are about to embark on their playoff march to the Super Bowl -- and for physicians planning to reap Electronic Health Records Incentive Program (EHRIP) funds from...
August 10, 2010 9:40 AM
Posted by: JeanD
EHR incentives,
HITECH Act,
multi-campus hospitalLawmakers continue to try tweaking the legislation governing the adoption of meaningful use in favor of more electronic health record incentives for providers.
The latest desire for changes to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act comes from...
