Meaningful Use
CIOs told a federal panel Tuesday about the roadblocks they have faced on their way to achieving meaningful use of electronic health records. Among those who testified before the Implementation Workgroup of the federal Health IT Standards Committee were five members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
A panel of healthcare experts representing privacy, trends, technology, regulatory, data breach and governance have identified the top seven trends in healthcare information privacy for 2011.
The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation System portal went live on Monday, representing a major step in the health information technology landscape.
Neurological Services of Orlando is poised to roll out a Web-based neurology-specific electronic health record system developed by Waiting Room Solutions (WRS) based in Goshen, N.Y.
When it comes to health status, West Virginia is a national leader, but not in a positive way. The state leads the nation in a number of chronic diseases - including diabetes, strokes and cardiovascular disease - and factors such as limited activity, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control.
A two-hospital health system in Ohio has come up with a unique way to pay for its new electronic medical record system: Selling the leasing rights to its non-hospital properties.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has named electronic prescribing network provider Surescripts as an organization that can test and approve certain electronic health records modules, bringing to a total of six the groups authorized under ONC's temporary certification program.
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prepares to upgrade its computer systems and begins to award incentive payments to eligible meaningful users of electronic health records, the Office of the Inspector General is positioning itself for its monitoring responsibilities.
Michael Kirsch, MD, roundly condemned EMRs as a guest columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on Christmas Day. He said it doesn't save time or money, promote efficiency, or improve staff morale. He knows of no patients who prefer it, and believes only health IT vendors are benefiting from the federal push for health IT adoption.
"This year, significant strides were made in health information technology," David Blumenthal, MD, the national health IT coordinator, wrote in his blog detailing health IT achievements for 2010.