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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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Reflections from the HIMSS/AMDIS Physicians' IT Symposium at #HIMSS13

Medicine and Technology

Let me highlight a few key points and reflections I jotted down as I sat through several presentations about Meaningful Use (MU) and the future of clinical informatics: Health IT is about improving clinical workflow efficiency and patient care. The HITECH Act was signed in 2009. How far have we come?

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The Time Has Come to Digitize Behavioral Healthcare

Digital Health Today

Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009, healthcare has digitized rapidly, with electronic health records (EHRs) now ubiquitous across medical practices – except for within behavioral health. Why EHRs Haven’t Caught On in Behavioral Health.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

Then, in 2009, as part of the Recovery Act, Congress passed the HITECH Act, one title of which is a statute that amended the HIPAA regulations — regulations that were drafted in the absence of a specific statute. And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own. The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

Then, in 2009, as part of the Recovery Act, Congress passed the HITECH Act, one title of which is a statute that amended the HIPAA regulations — regulations that were drafted in the absence of a specific statute. And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own. The regs were finalized in 2003.)

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What Duplicate Patient Notes Reveal About Health Care and Its Records

Healthcare IT Today

This seems to me a reasonable way to identify duplicates, although one can question what happens when an EHR automatically generates text. Several respondents say that government regulations from the Meaningful Use era, starting in 2009, make it hard to comply without loading each note down with duplicate information.

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HIStalk Interviews Helen Waters, EVP, Meditech

HIStalk Interviews

Expanse for us represents the development over several years of an EHR that we designed for the post-Meaningful Use era. We had recognized the need for an ambulatory system that would be built and driven by us in an integrated fashion. There are major established players in the EHR space. Very different.

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