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Topic: Meaningful Use

Best practices for using scribes for clinical documentation

Best practices for using scribes for clinical documentation

May 2, 2013 3:00 pm by | 1 Comments

Given the rigors of documentation required for Meaningful Use, quality measurement, and ICD10, some organizations are adding dedicated scribes to rounding and evaluation teams.I was recently asked two questions about ... Read more
Docs: EHRs help with remote access to records, flagging potential medical errors (infographic)

Docs: EHRs help with remote access to records, flagging potential medical errors (infographic)

May 1, 2013 3:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Whether they like them or not, seven in 10 office-based physicians now use EHRs, according to data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. A smaller ... Read more
Trying to roll back Meaningful Use shows a lack of faith in America’s health IT ability

Trying to roll back Meaningful Use shows a lack of faith in America’s health IT ability

April 19, 2013 10:37 am by | 2 Comments

There are a million ways to criticize the meaningful use program. They are probably all valid. Some of the most prominent arguments against meaningful use have been:That the nature of ... Read more
Health IT chief Mostashari: We’re “just scratching the surface” of what information sharing can do

Health IT chief Mostashari: We’re “just scratching the surface” of what information sharing can do

February 9, 2013 3:48 pm by | 3 Comments

Healthcare is in a golden age of opportunity as payment models shift and data is freed, according to Dr. Farzad Mostashari. And it’s happening at just the right time.The national ... Read more
What if your EMR was designed by a graphic designer and rendered well on the iPhone?

What if your EMR was designed by a graphic designer and rendered well on the iPhone?

January 25, 2013 4:56 pm by | 0 Comments

What if your EMR was designed to be as intuitive and visually pleasing as an app on your iPhone?After launching the meaningful use program to get more more health information ... Read more
Non-disclosure rules prevent docs from exposing failures and dangers of EHRs

Non-disclosure rules prevent docs from exposing failures and dangers of EHRs

January 20, 2013 9:30 pm by | 0 Comments

Given the profit motives and market consolidation occurring amongst the purveyors of these EMR systems and the potential for lethal EMR errors both from software and human interface issues, doctors ... Read more
Brainstorming about the future of clinical documentation

Brainstorming about the future of clinical documentation

December 18, 2012 6:00 am by | 0 Comments

In 2013, I'm focused on 5 major work streams:*Meaningful Use Stage 2, including Electronic Medication Administration Records*ICD10, including clinical documentation improvement and computer assisted coding*Replacement of all Laboratory Information Syst... ... Read more
Many docs apply for ‘Meaningful Use’ payments, but few will pass muster

Many docs apply for ‘Meaningful Use’ payments, but few will pass muster

December 10, 2012 9:47 am by | 0 Comments

Two-thirds of office-based physicians plan to apply or have already applied for meaningful use incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs), a government survey found. However, only about a quarter ... Read more
Federal, state and local ideas for improving EHRs while also using them in daily patient care

Federal, state and local ideas for improving EHRs while also using them in daily patient care

September 20, 2012 7:12 am by | 0 Comments

Last week, I participated in the ITDotHealth Conference in Boston, discussing one simple question with a selection of the nation’s EHR and PHR experts :How we can best innovate/change our ... Read more
First wave of MU Stage 2 draft test procedures released

First wave of MU Stage 2 draft test procedures released

September 18, 2012 7:06 am by | 0 Comments

if you’re building software in the health IT world, you should be jumping into MU Stage 2 requirements in earnest now and start your programming engines as soon as possible. ... Read more
A FAQ on Meaningful Use, including advice for pathologists, anesthesiologists, radiologists

A FAQ on Meaningful Use, including advice for pathologists, anesthesiologists, radiologists

September 15, 2012 8:37 am by | 0 Comments

As I've written in previous posts, MU 2 is truly a work of art and the stakeholder response to it has been very positive. There are a few persistent questions ... Read more
Why Meaningful Use has penalties

Why Meaningful Use has penalties

September 14, 2012 9:12 am by | 0 Comments

Jeff Rowe, editor of The Health Record Review is unhappy that the government will impose penalties for providers who do not achieve Meaningful Use of electronic health records. His hypothesis: ... Read more
Escape hatch for electronic submission of CQMs for meaningful use

Escape hatch for electronic submission of CQMs for meaningful use

February 14, 2012 1:05 pm by | 0 Comments

It is there in black and white on page 68 of the Final Rule “Therefore, for the Medicare EHR incentive program beginning in CY 2012 we proposed that an EP ... Read more
Meaningful Use Attestation and Audits: A Word to the Wise

Meaningful Use Attestation and Audits: A Word to the Wise

February 10, 2012 12:37 pm by | 0 Comments

The CMS EHR Incentive Program is going full bore. Over $390,000,000 was paid out in November alone by Medicare to Eligible Professionals (EP) and Eligible Hospitals (EH). That doesn’t even ... Read more
Acceleration of CMS EHR payments

Acceleration of CMS EHR payments

December 5, 2011 2:04 pm by | 0 Comments

Payment Statistics for CMS EHR Incentives for Eligible ProfessionalsThe proof is in the pudding. The case of CMS EHR incentive programs continue to produce remarkable statistics that demonstrate that Health ... Read more