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Resource Center: Meaningful use of EHR technology
This guide takes a close look at the meaningful use of EHR, from the final rule that established the EHR Incentive Programs and the meaningful use criteria to the planning and know-how that providers need.
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EHR implementation tutorial: From vendor selection to maintenance
EHR implementation is a long, laborious process, but its impact on efficiency and quality care can pay huge dividends. This tutorial will help health care providers get it right. FAQ
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FAQ: How do I qualify for the EHR Incentive Program?
The first step toward participating in the federal EHR Incentive Program is making sure your organization qualifies. Here's what hospitals and eligible providers need to know. FAQ
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FAQ: Which federal agencies administer the HITECH Act?
The HITECH Act sets many goals for the adoption of EHR technology. This FAQ explains which federal agencies and committees oversee meaningful use, standards and other health IT policies. FAQ
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FAQ: What is EHR technology, and why is it important?
Electronic health record systems, implemented properly, make it easy for hospitals, providers, regional agencies and patients to share data. This FAQ covers the basics of EHR technology. FAQ
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Radiologists: Meaningful use payments only part of EHR motivation
Meaningful use stage 2 requirements for radiologists are unclear, and vendor support is tepid, but RSNA 2011 shows the specialty optimistic about the benefits of EHR and RIS use. News | 13 Dec 2011
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Lessons learned on the way to getting meaningful use payments
Good governance, project management and workflow analysis will help hospitals meet meaningful use today. Tomorrow, though, the focus will shift to health information exchange. News | 02 Nov 2011
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ICD-10? The future is ICD-11. Keynotes focus on transitions, quality
While the U.S. transitions to ICD-10, the rest of the world is rapidly moving toward ICD-11, due in 2015. Also: AHRQ perspective on health IT and quality of care. News | 07 Oct 2011
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Meaningful use compliance: How specialists are getting it done
Is meaningful use compliance more primary-care friendly at the expense of specialties? We peek in on several contrasting practices and ask them. News | 04 Oct 2011
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Don't miss at AHIMA 2011 conference: Meaningful use, coding, documentation
Computer-assisted coding and natural language processing, and their promise to enable meaningful use and ACO compliance, will be the hottest technology at this year's AHIMA event. News | 03 Oct 2011
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How mHealth technology can enable meaningful use compliance
Physicians are leveraging mobile health technology to tackle e-prescribing, CPOE, patient education and other key meaningful use requirements. News | 16 Aug 2011
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For cloud EHR users, meaningful use, data exchange low priorities
Health care providers adopting cloud-based EHR systems are doing so not to achieve meaningful use but, they say, because it makes clinical workflow and data management easier. News | 21 Jul 2011
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Meaningful use stage 2 delay would only affect certain providers
A proposed delay in the onset of meaningful use stage 2 would only affect health care providers who have already implemented stage 1. Even then, the effect will be minimal. News | 14 Jul 2011
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Regional extension centers progressing, survey finds
A recent eHealth Initiative survey suggests that the nation's RECs are now supporting providers as they purchase and implement EHR systems. Many have their eyes to the future, too. News | 30 Jun 2011
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The ACO model and shared savings: Can IT get you there?
The success of accountable care organizations seems possible. Association leaders aren't quite convinced. Either way, IT departments should prepare for a new reimbursement model. News | 15 Jun 2011
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Meaningful use stage 2 delay helps most stakeholders but hurts some
Providers and vendors see the meaningful use stage 2 delay as a godsend for developing, certifying and implementing EHR systems. But will the extra time hinder HIE sustainability? Tip
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Balancing meaningful use requirements, data access aid OB-GYN
OB-GYNs adopting EHR systems have to focus on ease of use as much as meaningful use requirements, users and advocates say. Meanwhile, quality measures help improve care strategies. Tip
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How BI enhances evidence-based decision making in health care
By providing key data about performance, efficiency, financial and customer service, business intelligence systems let health care organizations make better decisions. Tip
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How specialists can meet meaningful use requirements
In this book excerpt, EHR Incentive Program expert Jim Tate, founder and president of EMRAdvocate, explains how specialists can meet meaningful use requirements. Book excerpt
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Radiology meaningful use defined by exclusions, image exchange
Meaningful use compliance for radiologists means two things: knowing which criteria do not apply and enabling data exchange via PACS. Even with a certified EHR system, it's tough. Tip
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Getting money from the EHR Incentive Program
The federal government's EHR Incentive Program offers health care providers more money the sooner they adopt electronic health records. How much more? Find out in this tutorial. Tip
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Will my EHR vendor survive to complete meaningful use Stage 3?
Meaningful use Stage 3, some analysts say, will require more software development than the first two. Will your EHR vendor survive the test or go belly-up? Here's what to look for. Tip
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Tips for improving health care hospital governance
Getting physicians, nursing and pharmacy staff, and other peers together makes for effective IT problem-solving in clinical environments. This and more tips for health care IT governance. Tip
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Some regional extension centers offer a selected EHR vendor list
Many regional extension centers offer a list of selected EHR vendors. Which vendors are making the preferred lists? Find out in this list. Tip
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For radiology, meaningful use means workflow, system tune-up
In specialties such as radiology, meaningful use incentives are reached not by implementing EHR systems but by getting Web portals, data exchanges and quality reports in order. Tip
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HIMSS board chair discusses EHR Incentive Programs progress
We sat down with the HIMSS board chairwoman to discuss new federal EHR adoption figures and long-term technology objectives that hospital CIOs should keep in their sights. Podcast
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EHR adoption is easy but HIE is hard, Blumenthal says
Former federal health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal explains why he thinks EHR adoption will happen. Building national health information exchange, however, isn't so easy. Video
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PODCAST: Crystal-ball gazing for EHR purchasing trends
IDC Health Insights analyst Judy Hanover breaks down the whys and wherefores of EHR purchasing trends in the company's latest report, which tracks spending from 2009 to 2015. Podcast
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How HL7 standards affect meaningful use
SearchHealthIT.com asks John Quinn, chief technology officer of Health Level Seven International, what CIOs and physicians need to know about HL7 standards and meaningful use. Video
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CEO discusses problems with push for health IT adoption
Ray Campbell, CEO of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, warns that health IT adoption alone is not enough to improve quality of care. Video
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Why the HITECH Act could fail to spark health IT growth
The CEO of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium discusses several shortcomings of the HITECH Act that could affect its ability to spark growth in health IT. Video
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Are the HITECH Act's meaningful use deadlines realistic?
The CEO of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium presents a sobering look at the reality of achieving the HITECH Act's meaningful use deadlines. Video
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ONC leader lays out agenda for national health information technology
Dr. David Blumenthal discusses the national health information technology agenda, including Beacon communities, regional extension centers and other important efforts to watch. Video
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Using health IT standards to address EHR data challenges
Dr. John Halamka talks about some of the specific challenges involved with using EHR data to report quality measures, and how health IT standards are evolving to address them. Video
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How one doc became a national health information technology leader
Watch Dr. David Blumenthal recount the story of how he became a national physician champion of health information technology. Video
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Radiologists: Meaningful use payments only part of EHR motivation
Meaningful use stage 2 requirements for radiologists are unclear, and vendor support is tepid, but RSNA 2011 shows the specialty optimistic about the benefits of EHR and RIS use. News
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Meaningful use stage 2 delay helps most stakeholders but hurts some
Providers and vendors see the meaningful use stage 2 delay as a godsend for developing, certifying and implementing EHR systems. But will the extra time hinder HIE sustainability? Tip
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Balancing meaningful use requirements, data access aid OB-GYN
OB-GYNs adopting EHR systems have to focus on ease of use as much as meaningful use requirements, users and advocates say. Meanwhile, quality measures help improve care strategies. Tip
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Lessons learned on the way to getting meaningful use payments
Good governance, project management and workflow analysis will help hospitals meet meaningful use today. Tomorrow, though, the focus will shift to health information exchange. News
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How BI enhances evidence-based decision making in health care
By providing key data about performance, efficiency, financial and customer service, business intelligence systems let health care organizations make better decisions. Tip
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How specialists can meet meaningful use requirements
In this book excerpt, EHR Incentive Program expert Jim Tate, founder and president of EMRAdvocate, explains how specialists can meet meaningful use requirements. Book excerpt
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Radiology meaningful use defined by exclusions, image exchange
Meaningful use compliance for radiologists means two things: knowing which criteria do not apply and enabling data exchange via PACS. Even with a certified EHR system, it's tough. Tip
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ICD-10? The future is ICD-11. Keynotes focus on transitions, quality
While the U.S. transitions to ICD-10, the rest of the world is rapidly moving toward ICD-11, due in 2015. Also: AHRQ perspective on health IT and quality of care. News
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Meaningful use compliance: How specialists are getting it done
Is meaningful use compliance more primary-care friendly at the expense of specialties? We peek in on several contrasting practices and ask them. News
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Don't miss at AHIMA 2011 conference: Meaningful use, coding, documentation
Computer-assisted coding and natural language processing, and their promise to enable meaningful use and ACO compliance, will be the hottest technology at this year's AHIMA event. News
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