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eHealth: Aligning Quality Measurement at CMS

CMS.gov

Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The next step on the path of meaningful adoption of health information technology (HIT) for providers—will launch later this year for hospitals and next year for eligible professionals. By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. Could they use a nip and tuck, a little freshening up around the edges? Well, that moment has arrived (maybe). But not a wholesale revision.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. Could they use a nip and tuck, a little freshening up around the edges? Well, that moment has arrived (maybe). But not a wholesale revision.

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