Proper data collection, analysis, and utilization has the potential to address long-standing health disparities and propel our healthcare system forward to serve all communities.
EMR startup Canvas Medical recently raised $24 million in a Series B funding round and became the first EMR company founded in the past two decades to be federally certified by the ONC. The startup's customers are now eligible for value-based payment models in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will update data measuring physician use of health IT systems, as well as physician burden and interoperability.
The second draft of TEFCA outlines principles to support the nationwide exchange of health information, and comments are due on June 17, 2019.
Originally announced in May, the purpose of the contest was to tackle a major healthcare problem: aligning the patient data held by one provider with the same patient's data held by another.
In an effort to reduce medical errors and potential misunderstandings, the New Jersey Innovation Institute is developing a "Master Person Index," which will serve as a master database of each New Jersey resident's health-related information.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The medical records request process is cumbersome for patients and health systems alike. In a recent report, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology detailed the problems with this process, as well as tips for improving it.
To gather feedback on its Proposed Interoperability Standards Measurement Framework, ONC has opened a public comment period, which closes July 31.
Outgoing national health IT coordinator Dr. Vindell Washington is optimistic that there is no going back on interoperability. "That kind of progress will be very difficult to veer from," he said.
Thanksgiving is Thursday, which, for those of us in the publishing business, means it is a slow news week. So we amuse ourselves reading things like health IT reports from the federal government.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Responses were mixed, which probably isn't that big of a deal, given that Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt said Friday that MACRA was a "living, breathing rule" intended to change over time.
The MACRA Quality Payment Program is spelled out in a massive rule, nearly 2,400 pages long, including the usual, long preamble explaining the rationale behind CMS decision-making.
This rule does not supplant the existing, much-criticized EHR certification program that has been in place since Meaningful Use came about in 2011.
Dr. Vindell Washington has been Dr. Karen DeSalvo's deputy since January. He previously was president of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Medical Group in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as CMIO of the health system.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently held its annual meeting and issued new guidelines for interoperability among electronic health record (EHR) systems.