Featured Report: Mobile Could Drive HIE

Mobile Could Drive HIE

HIE Watch Dec,19,2013 by:+ANDREY OSTROVSKY With the fastest growing cost driver in healthcare being post-acute care, there is a lot of attention on mitigating increasing spending. Could a digital health startup incubator for HIE nurture new solutions? Read More

2013: An Eventful Year in Health IT

iHealthBeat Dec,11,2013 by:+Rachel Dornhelm 2013 was an eventful year for the health IT industry. Adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records soared, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari stepped down from his post and patient engagement through health IT saw big gains. In an iHealthBeat audio report by Rachel Dornhelm, health IT experts reflected on the past year and discussed the future of the industry. The report includes comments from Listen to Podcast

Even more details about IBM's top innovation predictions for the next five years

Med City News Dec,10,2013 by:+Dean Takahashi Our story on IBM's predictions for five big innovations that will change our lives in the next five years has turned out to be very popular. So we decided to give readers more of it with this transcript of our interview with the fascinating Bernie Meyerson, the vice president of innovation at IBM. We had a chance to go over each of the five predictions in our talk. Read More

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.