Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. This federal regulatory document called for sharing EHR data with. patients to improve their engagement and independent health management. In fact, the wave of patient portal deployment wasn’t caused by patients’ interest.

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EHR Meaningful Use Healthcare IT Health Information 61

The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision.

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Digital Health EHR Interoperability Health Information 87

Docnotes

JANUARY 27, 2020

Fast forward a few years and I was at ONC, writing the text of what would become the 2014 Edition of the Certification Criteria for health Information Technology. Document pain scale in the flowsheets section of the encounter. Patient has pain documented and should have a pain care plan. Could they resist?

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Pharmaceuticals EHR Life Science Pain management 40

Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

The HIPAA regulations are, for the most part, an extraordinarily flexible set of standards that have managed to remain relevant and useful even as the nature of the generation, storage, use and transmission of health information has undergone a sea change in the years since they were first promulgated.

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HIPAA Health Data Accountable Care Meaningful Use 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

The HIPAA regulations are, for the most part, an extraordinarily flexible set of standards that have managed to remain relevant and useful even as the nature of the generation, storage, use and transmission of health information has undergone a sea change in the years since they were first promulgated.

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HIPAA Health Data Accountable Care Meaningful Use 60

Digital Health Today

JANUARY 28, 2021

A Sponsored Post by Azalea Health. 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.

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EHR Meaningful Use Digital Health Leadership 98

Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.

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Primary Care Telehealth HIE Public Health 52