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HHS Moves Stage 2 Meaningful Use to 2014
In a recent announcement, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has postponed the start of Stage 2 Meaningful Use from its original 2013 start date, to 2014. The criteria for what will be of expected of clinicians for Stage 2 Meaningful Use is still under review, and a finalized decision on this is expected in February 2012. For Stage 1, there are 25 criteria (15 core, 10 menu items from which a clinician must choose 5) needed for… read more >
The Future of Health: Electronic Health Records
Meet the people behind the nationwide Electronic Health Record movement and see just how crucial it is for public healthcare to adopt EHRs. With 90 percent of doctors still using paper records, we are facing a big feat to erase the waste of time and paper. But if everyone works together (patients, doctors, regional centers, hospitals, government, ONC, HHS) we can improve the quality of care around the country. I stumbled upon this video today and thought this is exactly… read more >
Posted in EMR Research, Understanding EMR, Web-based EMR
Tagged EHR, EHR adoption, HHS, ONC, ONCHIT, Quality and safety
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The HIPAA implications for mobile health
Recently, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Health and Human Services department (HHS) held a Health Data Initiative Forum to encourage the public use of data and innovation to improve health. We had the opportunity to participate and present Practice Fusion at this conference. I also had the opportunity to be a panelist in a session on Privacy and HIPAA Implications for Application Developers (with an eye on web and mobile health applications). Some of the issues that came… read more >
Posted in Health Policy, HIPAA Compliance
Tagged health data, Health Data Initiative Forum, HHS, IOM
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More About ACOs: Clinical Quality Measures
The proposed rules for defining what Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are supposed to look like, and what kinds of measures they are supposed to be accountable for, have been released for public commentary by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Of note in the proposal, there is a list of 63 measures that ACOs need to report on, in order to have access to any savings from an organized patient-centered delivery of care. These measures fall into 5… read more >
Posted in EHR Adoption, EMR Incentives, Meaningful EMR Use
Tagged ACO, Clinical Quality Measures, CMS, HHS
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Stage 2 Meaningful Use Must Account for True Connectivity Solutions
It is surely not an enviable task to receive, review, and analyze public comments on Stage 2 of Meaningful Use. HHS wrapped up the public comment period last Friday. There are surely hundreds of comments as providers, HIEs, EHR vendors, HIT consultants, etc. all have a strong interest in what Stage 2 will look like and how it will be implemented. Practice Fusion participated in the public comment process and, although comments have not yet been made public, I believe… read more >
