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As it has with other proposed rule-makings, CMS has touted the "flexibility" and "streamlined" nature of the new Stage 3 meaningful use measures. But some physician groups don't quite see things that way.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed a bill that will postpone a deadline for physicians to issue only electronic prescriptions. Despite this, some hospitals are adopting IT that will enable secure e-prescribing of controlled substances.
Lawmakers in Arkansas have rejected a telemedicine bill that proponents say would save hundreds of thousands of dollars and reach patients living in underserved areas.
(SPONSORED) Wade Baker is an information security leader with a passion for figuring things out and making things work at all layers.
(SPONSORED) Connected care technologies like patient monitor devices provide valuable data that help clinicians care for their patients. Their ubiquitousness, however, has led to alarm fatigue, which can affect quality of care and strain resources.
In a major metropolitan experiment, a regional health information exchange is aggressively pursuing the goal of connecting 100 percent of providers and 90 percent of hospitals by 2016.
The reaction to the long-anticipated Stage 3 meaningful use rules has been slow in coming, but a few people have managed to wade through the hundreds of pages since they were released late Friday afternoon. They're cautiously optimistic.
Hospitalist pioneer and patient safety guru Robert M. Wachter, MD, writes in a New York Times op-ed that health IT has been a letdown in many ways, especially when it comes to improving quality and safety.
(SPONSORED) Jeff Townsend, executive vice president and chief of staff at Cerner, gives the scoop about iCentra, an integrated EHR that Intermountain Healthcare and Cerner are configuring together.
(SPONSORED) As healthcare providers transition to population health management, they have recognized that engaging patients is essential to success.