Seeking Your Input: Transparency and Implementation of HITECH Accounting of Disclosures
Deven McGraw | September 23, 2013
The HIT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security Tiger Team will be holding a virtual, public hearing to explore realistic ways to provide patients with greater transparency about the uses and disclosures of their digital, identifiable health information next Monday.
Read Full Post.Meaningful Use: Building blocks for bigger vision at a Michigan Critical Access Hospital
Leila Samy | September 20, 2013
This is one in a series of blog posts to coincide with National Health IT Week. To follow the conversation on Twitter, look for the #NHITweek hashtag.
During one of my regular visits over the phone with Ed Gamache, CEO of Harbor Beach Community Hospital, in Harbor Beach, MI, I learned a bit about how his critical access hospital is not only participating in the EHR program, but showcasing techniques to achieve desired results.
6 Things you need to know about Meaningful Use and EHR Certification in 2014
Steven Posnack | September 20, 2013
With the 2014 EHR reporting period for meaningful use right around the corner, here are 6 key pieces of information you need to know:
Read Full Post.Student Immunization Records Are Easily Reviewable Thanks to Health IT
Fadesola Adetosoye | September 19, 2013
Many of us are still taking care of back to school obligations, including looking for our children’s immunization records. Now, with the wider use of health information technology, or health IT, parents can better manage their children’s health information and school nurses can use these electronic tools to help facilitate reviews of student immunization records.
Read Full Post.The Story Behind the Numbers: Best Practices for Adopting and Implementing Health IT
Emily Jones | September 19, 2013
There has been a dramatic increase in the adoption and use of electronic health records among healthcare providers and hospitals across the country.* But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. Behind the steep increase in electronic health record (EHR) adoption is the story of each provider and organization as they adopt and optimize health information technology (health IT). What are the experiences of providers and organizations as they implement and optimize health IT?
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