When I look at the world of healthcare IT and EHR, there are a lot of things to be proud about. In the 11+ years that I’ve been blogging about EHR...
EHR Incentive
In an article by the Washington Examiner, they highlight an interesting impact of the shift to value based reimbursement on hospitals: Safety-net hospitals are...
Where We’ve Been As we mentioned in a speech last week, the Administration is working on an important transition for the Electronic Health Record (EHR)...
The other day SGC asked in my hospital EHR adoption chart post: “If there were no penalties for non-EHR adoption, what would that chart look like?”...
.@ashishkjha at @UCSF: unambiguous evidence that #HITECH worked to promote hospital #EHR adoption. Now >70% pic.twitter.com/0CJOtoGMS7 — Bob Wachter...
I’ll admit that I was out of town when the meaningful use stage 3 rule was released. (Side Note: Why do they always release the rule on a Friday right...
Not participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program yet? 2015 is the last year for eligible hospitals to begin and still earn incentive payments. To earn a...
I think that most of us in the industry figured this was just a matter of time, but it’s nice that we were right and CMS is working to modify the...
The need to share patient information with other providers and the use of financial incentives are key drivers in why many providers adopt and use health...
It’s safe to say that meaningful use is growing through its challenges right now. My post yesterday about killing meaningful use and the new Flex-IT Act...