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Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) was awarded a $19.5 million grant to aid providers with the adoption, implementation, and meaningful use of Electronic Health Record systems. The funding is also intended to help build Georgia’s Health Information Technology workforce. The U.S. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 established a [...]
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Nation’s health IT coordinator discusses what’s at stake for doctors, the potential for consolidation in healthcare market, and what the government is doing to secure e-health records.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued its final rule for the temporary certification program. The program establishes a way for organizations to be authorized by the National Coordinator to test an generic viagra soft d certify electronic health record (EHR) technology. Use of certified EHR technology is a core requirement [...]
Helping Provide the Electronic Rx for Health Records Management School Wins Grant to Find Best Ways to Digitize Patient Data Jun. 17, 2010 Last year’s economic stimulus package paved the way for the creation of an electronic medical records (EMR) database. Now, the UT Dallas School of Management is going to play a significant role [...]
By CHRIS THORMAN For nearly four years, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has been the lone entity recognized by the federal government to certify electronic health record systems. Since being named a recognized certifying body by Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2006, CCHIT has awarded certifications to nearly 200 EHR software [...]
Health Information Exchange or HIE is the movement of health care information electronically across organizations within a region or community. HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information between disparate health care information systems while maintaining the integrity of the information being exchanged. The goal of HIE is to facilitate access to and retrieval [...]
A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology May 5, 2010 Healthcare professionals appreciate opportunities to learn from innovative colleagues and communities – to see what really works, to get “boots-on-the-ground” perspectives, to learn best practices, and to use the experience of other leaders to inform how to improve performance more [...]
Physician Services Company Announces Meaningful Use Service for Doctors DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 26 /PRNewswire/ — WorkSmart MD, a Florida based physician services company, announces the launch of Offsite Practice Support and Meaningful Use consulting services for doctors. The company's services facilitate cost effective and easy transition from paper-based medical records to electronic. On February [...]
Be wary of any vendor claiming that they are certified or promising they will be certified. Although some EHR vendors are better prepared to meet the certification when available, not a single vendor today is certified for the EHR incentive payment program. More importantly, you cannot meet the requirements of “meaningful use” by simply implementing [...]
The ultimate objective of every HITECH initiative is to create a National Health Information Network. With close to 1,000 EHR vendors, and no standards, how will we accomplish this mission? The State Health Information Exchange project is an initiative managed by the ONC (Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). The main objective is [...]
It's estimated that fewer than 7% of providers in the small physician practice (1-10 physicians) have adopted and are successfully demonstrating use of electronic health record system. The reasons vary from cost to fears and myths about the “inefficiencies”, and concerns that “the government still hasn't told us what the standards are.” Doctors and other [...]
Adapting and using electronic health records in small practices is no easy matter. A variety of public and private organizations have assisted these small practices across the country in accomplishing this, and on a national basis the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has established a program of [...]
Contributed by Patty Enrado Critics of the federal stimulus grants for EHR adoption say the federal government is throwing money at health IT and won't be getting anything in return for it. Whether you believe money should be going into an EHR adoption initiative, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is making [...]
