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Our Connected Cardiac Care program passed a big milestone recently. This program is designed to use remote monitoring technology to deliver care to sick heart failure patients in their home.
The big health IT industry confab HIMSS kicks off one week from today. With some 28 briefings scheduled over 2.5 days, the Chilmark Research team will be extremely busy to say the least. It is with that in mind that Chilmark has prepared the top 5 dos and don’ts that all vendors need to keep in mind when briefing analysts to insure that these briefings are fruitful for both parties.
On February 17, the HIT Policy Committee held an important meeting to discuss its recommended revisions to meaningful use.
As discussion continues concerning the recently proposed Meaningful Use standards for HIT, it appears increasingly likely that federal policymakers will allow providers more flexibility when it comes to qualifying for incentives.
Health information technology stocks were market darlings in 2009. They soared because analysts foresaw strong prospects for revenue growth in the sector once President Obama signed the stimulus bill into law (exactly one year ago, today).
A common concern about health IT adoption is that it may not be feasible for small practices and those serving safety-net populations. Due to economies of scale, implementation and meaningful use of health IT is far less daunting for larger, commercial health care organizations. Even so, some small practices and community health centers around the country are actively defying that statement.
Between 13 percent and 35 percent of physicians would not meet the current definition of an "eligible provider" (EP) under the proposed meaningful use rules now being finalized by government health IT policymakers.
When the Department of Health & Human Services rolled out its Beacon Community Program, it spoke in terms of supporting those healthcare communities that were leading the way in the move to implement new health IT.
The Departments of Health and Human Service and Labor announced last Friday nearly $1 billion in grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for healthcare IT training, regional extension centers (RECs) and health information exchange.
The meaningful use workgroup, which reports to HHS' Health IT Policy Committee, recommended a reduction in the number of measures providers would need to meet in order to qualify for federal incentive funds under CMS. From the overall feedback CMS has received since the meaningful use criteria was released at the end of December 2009, it's the right thing to do.