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Early EMR adopters get a break; tougher criteria delayed to 2014

ONC: Standards for HIE Won't be Optional

Top 5 ICD-10 pitfalls

Leapfrog Group names top hospitals for 2011

IHI: Berwick on ACOs, Congress, Fraud

Halamka: EHRs can address Berwick's 5 areas of wasteful healthcare spending

5 tips for 11th hour HIPAA 5010 compliance


Meaningful Use

In 2011, 57% of office-based physicians used (EMR/EHR) systems

6 easy-to-miss expenses of EHRs

Despite ACO rule, EHRs still key to clinical decisions

5 points of view from an EHR end user

EHRs are inevitable, experts say

Provider EHR incentive registrations exceed 100,000

CMS pays out nearly $90M in MU incentives in September

CMS Gives New EHR Meaningful Use Guidance

HIEs

Part IX: HIE Consolidation – One Route to Sustainability

States, IT vendors agree on EHR, HIE interoperability standards

Nationwide health information network getting closer to reality

5 key obstacles facing HIEs

Mostashari: Go with "good enough" for exchange standards

Commentary: Meaningful use of health information exchange?

6 tips for HIE sustainability

Hospitals: Seven best practices for HIE implementation eHealth Initiative Releases 2011 Report on Health Information Exchange Sustainability

America's Next Top HIE Model

EHR Benefits

Survey: Physicians See Improvements in Efficiency, Quality of Care, Yet Significant Barriers Remain

The Difficulty Of Controlling Health Costs

OMB: 'Aggressive' use of IT cuts $17.6 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse

Analyst sees turning point in assessing the value of EHR

The Benefits Of Health Information Technology: A Review Of The Recent Literature Shows Predominantly Positive Results

Analyst sees turning point in assessing the value of EHR

The Benefits Of Health Information Technology: A Review Of The Recent Literature Shows Predominantly Positive Results

Meaningful Use Final Rule Summary

•  Objectives & Measures
•  Standards & Certification
•  Initial Set of Standards

Official Web Site for Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

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HCIC News

  • Jim Oakes serves on the Advisory Board for the BNA Health IT Law & Industry Report.  See Jim's observations in their recently published forecast of things to anticipate in 2012. Click Here
  • HCIC just completed a high-level Meaningful Use assessment for Lake Charles Memorial Health System in LA.
  • HCIC is proud that our client, St. John's Hospital of Episcopal Health Services in Far Rockaway, NY successfully attested for their first payment under the New York State Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.

 

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