empolyee healthcare
If you pay ins can a employee drop there portion if you go on sick leave
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| May 24, 2013 4:43 pm
insurance
If you pay ins can a employee drop there portion if you go on sick leave
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| May 24, 2013 4:43 pm
insurance
Price comparison right for health care?
Should consumers be able to compare prices in healthcare, like they can in almost any other market?
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| May 15, 2013 7:52 pm
consumer
Should consumers be able to compare prices in healthcare, like they can in almost any other market?
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| May 15, 2013 7:52 pm
consumer
CMS and future of reimbursements
Will CMS continue to reduce reimbursements for specialists, who comprise two-thirds of the 550,000 physicians who bill Medicare?
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| April 29, 2013 8:25 pm
CMS, reimbursement, specialist
Will CMS continue to reduce reimbursements for specialists, who comprise two-thirds of the 550,000 physicians who bill Medicare?
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| April 29, 2013 8:25 pm
CMS, reimbursement, specialist
EHR security
What other technologies besides EHRs have government mandated security regulations?
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| April 17, 2013 8:00 pm
ehr
What other technologies besides EHRs have government mandated security regulations?
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| April 17, 2013 8:00 pm
ehr
Looking for advice on EHR
Looking for advice on EHR system suggestions. Anyone have advice on ease of implementation?
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| April 10, 2013 1:25 am
EHR implementation
Looking for advice on EHR system suggestions. Anyone have advice on ease of implementation?
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| April 10, 2013 1:25 am
EHR implementation
ICD-10
What are some good things embedded in the new ICD-10 standards? Doctors complain of complex coding that will suck up resources, but how will docs benefit from the new standards?
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| April 8, 2013 7:15 pm
ICD-10 transition
What are some good things embedded in the new ICD-10 standards? Doctors complain of complex coding that will suck up resources, but how will docs benefit from the new standards?
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| April 8, 2013 7:15 pm
ICD-10 transition
Telemedicine
How should providers decide if and which telemedicine services would benefit their organization?
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| April 4, 2013 8:15 pm
telehealth services, telemedicine
How should providers decide if and which telemedicine services would benefit their organization?
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| April 4, 2013 8:15 pm
telehealth services, telemedicine
Physicians and endorsements
Should physician societies endorse & approve mHealth apps?
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| March 28, 2013 4:45 pm
mhealth, mhealth apps
Should physician societies endorse & approve mHealth apps?
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| March 28, 2013 4:45 pm
mhealth, mhealth apps
CDS systems
Do hospitals/providers NEED CDS systems? Is there anything in the MU core that requires it?
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| March 25, 2013 8:33 pm
CDS, ehr, Meaningful use
Do hospitals/providers NEED CDS systems? Is there anything in the MU core that requires it?
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| March 25, 2013 8:33 pm
CDS, ehr, Meaningful use
Training and Developing Today’s Health Care IT workers
Healthcare IT seems to becoming a very specialized field of IT study. What is being done to train and develop the healthcare IT worker so they are prepared to address the tools – specialized and IT system linked tools, mobility devices, and the governance/risk/compliance aspects – particularly with HIPAA and other privacy issues?
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| February 28, 2013 6:42 pm
Analytics, HIPAA, Mobility, workforce development
Healthcare IT seems to becoming a very specialized field of IT study. What is being done to train and develop the healthcare IT worker so they are prepared to address the tools – specialized and IT system linked tools, mobility devices, and the governance/risk/compliance aspects – particularly with HIPAA and other privacy issues?
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| February 28, 2013 6:42 pm
Analytics, HIPAA, Mobility, workforce development
Has anyone connected the XDS.b protocol thru a Interface Engine?
We are beginning to Integrate multiple EMRs with our HIE which uses the XDS.b protocol to transfer CCDs. I’m thinking we will need to the ability to modify these CCDs as they travel between systems. One particular point of concern is the HTML embedded in the CCD will certainly need tweaking for differnt systems, not [...]
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| February 28, 2013 6:40 pm
CCD, ehr, EMR, HIE, HIE XDS.b Interface Engine EMR
We are beginning to Integrate multiple EMRs with our HIE which uses the XDS.b protocol to transfer CCDs. I’m thinking we will need to the ability to modify these CCDs as they travel between systems. One particular point of concern is the HTML embedded in the CCD will certainly need tweaking for differnt systems, not [...]
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| February 28, 2013 6:40 pm
CCD, ehr, EMR, HIE, HIE XDS.b Interface Engine EMR
Correctional Health: EHR In State Prisons
I am wondering about the possibility of requiring state prisons systems to implement EHRs that would be interoperable enough so that when offenders are released back into the community their health information would be accessible by their community physician(s). I know that there are many variables such as SES, family support systems, etc., that might [...]
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| February 25, 2013 2:03 pm
ehr, EHR systems, Hardware and software, Health information exchange, health IT, Interoperability and health information exchange
I am wondering about the possibility of requiring state prisons systems to implement EHRs that would be interoperable enough so that when offenders are released back into the community their health information would be accessible by their community physician(s). I know that there are many variables such as SES, family support systems, etc., that might [...]
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| February 25, 2013 2:03 pm
ehr, EHR systems, Hardware and software, Health information exchange, health IT, Interoperability and health information exchange
Paying for transfer records from one Dr to another Dr
Is it legal in California to charge a patient to transfer records from one Dr. to another? We live in Oregon and they told me our past Californian Dr. cannot charge me to transfer our records to our new Dr. here in Oregon. So – patients can be charged to pick up records, but not [...]
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| February 28, 2013 2:00 pm
dont know what this is
Is it legal in California to charge a patient to transfer records from one Dr. to another? We live in Oregon and they told me our past Californian Dr. cannot charge me to transfer our records to our new Dr. here in Oregon. So – patients can be charged to pick up records, but not [...]
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| February 28, 2013 2:00 pm
dont know what this is
PCMH solutions
Many EHR vendors provide PCMH solutions to allow physician practices to become a PCMH. What are some standalone PCMH solutions that integrate with an EHR through an API?
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| February 22, 2013 5:05 pm
ehr, Meaningful use, PCMH
Many EHR vendors provide PCMH solutions to allow physician practices to become a PCMH. What are some standalone PCMH solutions that integrate with an EHR through an API?
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| February 22, 2013 5:05 pm
ehr, Meaningful use, PCMH
Patient Record Integrity
How will the industry address the concerns relating to Health Information Exchange and the potential data mismatches that exist inside EHR’s? As sited and referenced in a recent article (Oct. 2012), published by Healthcare Info Security, “a study found 8 percent to 14 percent of EHRs might have potentially dangerous patient data mismatches, such as [...]
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| February 21, 2013 4:03 pm
Health information exchange, HIEs, HIHs, RHIOs, single patient key, unique identifier
How will the industry address the concerns relating to Health Information Exchange and the potential data mismatches that exist inside EHR’s? As sited and referenced in a recent article (Oct. 2012), published by Healthcare Info Security, “a study found 8 percent to 14 percent of EHRs might have potentially dangerous patient data mismatches, such as [...]
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| February 21, 2013 4:03 pm
Health information exchange, HIEs, HIHs, RHIOs, single patient key, unique identifier
Behavioral and mental healthcare IT
Most literature on healthIT provided by vendors, research firms, healthIT media, or even the federal/state governments, all relate directly to medical healthIT and there is very little mention of the proliferation of healthIT in behavioral/mental healthcare settings. This includes meaningful use incentives, HIE, etc. applications in behavioral/mental healthcare settings. Why is this?
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| February 21, 2013 4:03 pm
behavioral mental healthcare healthIT HIE MU
Most literature on healthIT provided by vendors, research firms, healthIT media, or even the federal/state governments, all relate directly to medical healthIT and there is very little mention of the proliferation of healthIT in behavioral/mental healthcare settings. This includes meaningful use incentives, HIE, etc. applications in behavioral/mental healthcare settings. Why is this?
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| February 21, 2013 4:03 pm
behavioral mental healthcare healthIT HIE MU
Changes to HIPAA and HITECH
How prepared are organizations to handle the changes in HIPAA and HITECH that now require all Business Associates to understand how their own subsequent Business Associates are handling ePHI?
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| February 21, 2013 4:03 pm
HIPPA, HITECH
How prepared are organizations to handle the changes in HIPAA and HITECH that now require all Business Associates to understand how their own subsequent Business Associates are handling ePHI?
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| February 21, 2013 4:03 pm
HIPPA, HITECH
MU Question – How to model the QDM – CMS Quality Data Model?
I’m trying to understand the facets of the CMS Quality Data Model (QDM) and capture the dimensions/attributes into a data model. Has anyone used a tool like Erwin or PowerDesigner to model the QDM?
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| February 21, 2013 4:02 pm
MU Data Modeling QDM Quality Data Model
I’m trying to understand the facets of the CMS Quality Data Model (QDM) and capture the dimensions/attributes into a data model. Has anyone used a tool like Erwin or PowerDesigner to model the QDM?
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| February 21, 2013 4:02 pm
MU Data Modeling QDM Quality Data Model
HIT Policies
What are the types of HIT policies state agencies are developing and implementing? Are there documented best practices on establishing HIT Governance and Policies in Public Health Entities
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| February 21, 2013 4:01 pm
Governance, HIT, Policy
What are the types of HIT policies state agencies are developing and implementing? Are there documented best practices on establishing HIT Governance and Policies in Public Health Entities
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| February 21, 2013 4:01 pm
Governance, HIT, Policy
Current State of HL7
What is the current technology state of HL7 from health care enterprise implementation?
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| February 21, 2013 3:50 pm
HL7, microsoft
What is the current technology state of HL7 from health care enterprise implementation?
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| February 21, 2013 3:50 pm
HL7, microsoft
