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Feb,11, 2013
by:+Don Fluckinger, News Director
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, or ONC, released the final meaningful use stage 2 rule and accompanying 2014 certifications and standards rule to little fanfare in late August. Health care stakeholders will be digesting the criteria in coming months as they begin to upgrade technology and prepare to meet the requirements for 2014. To that end, Rob Anthony's title might be Health Insurance Specialist in the CMS's Office of E-Health Standards and Services, or OESS, but he's your guy on the inside for policy surrounding the meaningful use rules of the EHR incentive program. He sat down with SearchHealthIT to discuss some of the logic -- and the nuts and bolts -- behind the final meaningful use stage 2 rule in this two-part interview.
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AHIMA Pushes for More Focus on Clinical Documentation in EHR
Feb,14,2013
by:+Staff
At a Health IT Policy Committee hearing on Wednesday, the American Health Information Management Association warned that inadequate focus on clinical documentation could compromise the use of electronic health records, Health Data Management reports (Goedert, Health Data Management, 2/13).
Challenges
Michelle Dougherty, director of research and development at the association, told the committee that there are three main challenges to clinical documentation and record management in EHR systems: Meeting health care providers' business requirements for patients' record of care; Managing, preserving and disclosing health records; and Focusing on data quality, information integrity and documentation practices to achieve policy goals related to EHRs.
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Healthcare lags in moving to cloud, survey finds
Feb,13,2013
by:+Joseph Conn
Cloud computing is on the march across multiple business and government sectors, but the healthcare industry and state and local government, while in the cloud parade, are bringing up the rear, a recent survey of technology leaders shows. Technology seller CDW, Vernon Hills, Ill., asked 1,242 information technology professionals about their views and their organizations' use of cloud computing. The survey also compared cloud adoption rates by industry sector in 2012 with those in 2011. Of the 156 healthcare IT leaders participating in the survey, 74% were from hospitals or medical centers, 14% from physician offices and 12% were with long-term care facilities. Across all sectors, adoption of cloud computing is growing, with 39% of executives surveyed reporting their organizations were either implementing or maintaining a cloud-based IT system, up from 28% in the 2011 survey. Just 8% were maintaining a cloud system this year, compared with 31% implementing one, the survey data shows. By industry, big business leads the charge toward the cloud with 44% of its IT leaders reporting that they were implementing or maintaining a cloud system. Higher education followed at 43%. Then came small business, the federal government and schools grades K-12, all at 42%; medium-sized business, 40%; healthcare 35% and state and local government, 27%.
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Report finds pregnancy apps more popular than fitness apps
Feb,14, 2013
by:+Brian Dolan
Last summer Citrix acquired ByteMobile for an undisclosed sum. ByteMobile works with mobile operators — 130 of them in 60 countries — to help them better understand how subscribers use their 3G and 4G networks and how best to optimize data services and mobile video services accordingly. Since ByteMobile has a view into what people are actually doing on their mobile phones, it has released an important set of metrics this week — including a handful related to mobile health adoption — in its Citrix ByteMobile Mobile Analytics Report for Q1 2013.
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Hello Businesses Owner, I am writing to you because our changing health care system will have a profound effect on all of us. Now that the election is over and the Supreme Court has ruled, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not going away. It will not be repealed and it is up to us to make sure it will work for small businesses and individuals as it was intended to do. That’s why I joined the Campaign for Better Health Care’s newly created Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC). This consortium views the needs of small businesses and their employees as a top priority. And, as a member of the Steering Committee of the SBHCC I am personally inviting you to join our network of small businesses who know that only through our collective voices that will assure that the Affordale Care Act live up to its goal of making healthcare affordable for all. Discussions around health reform have been confusing and, sometimes, even misleading. It is the goal of the SBHCC to provide factual information about the changes that are already happening and those coming in the near future. The SBHCC discusses the benefits and opportunities of the ACA and what Illinois small businesses need to do to make sure this law will benefit them. Many key components of the ACA are national in nature. For instance, small businesses currently providing health insurance to their employees could be eligible for a 35% tax credit. And, while employers with fewer than 50 full time employees are not required to provide health insurance, their employees can take advantage of the ACA’s benefits. Other components will be implemented at the State level and these decisions will either enhance small businesses or provide another hurdle. One important component is that all states must implement a health insurance exchange (marketplace). These exchanges will include a rate review process with defined, easy to understand plans to consider and review side-by-side. As small business owners we share many of the same, serious business challenges. It is my hope that you and your small business peers do want to learn more about the ACA. Let’s take this opportunity to act collectively to get control of health insurance costs and improve access to coverage. The opportunity to create positive change is now. It is about fairness and choices for small businesses. To that end I like for you to hear my own personal story about how the new healthcare law will effect me. Please go to this link at Healthcare.gov to see my story http://youtu.be/RF2R_LBxcwk
And, then do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or thoughts. I may be reached at wireheadtec@gmail.com or www.wireheadtec.com Sincerely, Howard Lee CIO Wirehead Technology Tel-312-286-8416
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