Featured Report: Integrating EHR into small practices

Integrating small practices

HIE Watch May,30,2013 by:Greg Chittim, Consider a small primary care practice with five physicians using its own EHR. While they are currently operating "efficiently" in their own minds, why would they consider integrating into a larger Health Information Exchange (HIE) system? This is a common question for many small practices today as it is critical to understand the benefits. An HIE focuses on the storage, analysis and transmission of patient data, often for the purposes of broad-based population management or specific transitions of care. HIEs require the ability to pull or receive data from a wide variety of clinical sources including hospital information systems, laboratory management systems and practice-based EHRs. In today’s world of interoperability, it is important to have individual practices unified in an HIE to drive better and more efficient care - HIEs are only as valuable as the “network effect” they drive, and small practices make up the majority of ambulatory care in the United States. Read More

Personalized Medicine: Privacy Issues

Healthcare Info Security May,30,2013 Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, As interest in personalized medicine continues to grow, healthcare providers and researchers will need to be mindful of genomic data privacy and security challenges, says federal adviser Dixie Baker. "The use of genomic data to personalize care is likely to take many forms, involve different types of genetic information and introduce different levels of privacy risks," says Baker, a leading security specialist who serves as an adviser to federal regulators. Listen to Podcast

Data Say Hospitals Using Meditech, Epic EHRs Draw Key Incentives

iHealthBeat May,30,2013 by:Staff Epic Systems and Meditech have the most customers receiving meaningful use incentive payments for using two key categories of electronic health record systems, according to federal data, Modern Healthcare reports. Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR systems can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments. The findings come from a combination of databases kept by CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. The data are current as of the end of February. Read More

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EHR Incentive Program Healthcare Professionals Did You Know? Non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can obtain incentive payments of as much as $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology. About two-thirds (65 percent) of hospitals and 32 percent of office-based physicians plan to enroll in meaningful use programs by the end of 2012 in order to receive the maximum incentives, according to survey results announced Thursday morning. Fewer federal dollars will be available to hospitals and doctors that wait to adopt EHR technology, and failure to meaningfully use EHRs starting in 2015 will result in Medicare penalties. Watch this video about how to register for the EHR Incentive program. EHR Incentive Program Registration Do you need help with HIPAA and HITECH? Then download and Read our HIPAA Guide for for Doctors and Small Clinics that contains HIPAA security regulations and check lists that you can use to start your EMR network.

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