Reducing meaningful use criteria a good move

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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. Read »

Will meaningful use drive technical standardization among IT vendors?

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Surescripts announced it will adopt a technical standard that will allow physicians to e-prescribe and access prescription information from pharmacies and health plans through electronic health records software. Federal regulators are recommending that the standard be used as one of the ways to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR adoption and implementation. Read »

Change management for quality improvement

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Quality reporting for performance measurement and provider feedback is the backbone of meaningful use of health IT, David Blumenthal, MD, National Health IT Coordinator, told attendees of a National Quality Forum conference last week. Read »

Careful planning will serve CIPA’s EHR implementation well

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With a $1 million grant from the Medical Society of the State of New York, the Catholic Independent Practice Association of Western New York (CIPA) will implement an electronic health record (EHR) system for its more than 400 physicians. Read »

Make room for open-source EHRs

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Mainstream support for open-source electronic health records is gaining ground. And that's a good thing for physicians. Read »