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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. When I started my career in health information, I worked in the medical records department.

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EHR Incentive Programs: Moving into the Next Stage

CMS.gov

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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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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ONC Turns 20!

Docnotes

Tomorrow marks the 20th birthday of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. There is little disagreement that information technology – well applied – can (will / must) improve the health of the people of the United States. c) And what’s next for ONC? Three stages?

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

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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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

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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