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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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MU Study Suggests That A Health IT Divide May Be Emerging Among Physicians

Healthcare IT Today

In retrospect, we probably should have predicted that once Meaningful Use was put into place, some physicians would be better situated than others to take advantage of the program.

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Embracing and Prioritizing Cloud-Based Care in Rural Communities

Healthcare IT Today

But just like comparing different types of aircraft, the options for EHR solutions are widely separated in terms of complexity. The right cloud-based EHR solution is ideal for underserved and isolated providers. It can also reduce the number of days in accounts receivable for health systems.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Health IT implementation best practices. Collection. by September 30, 2019.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

Bill Charnetski, EVP, Health System Solutions & Government Affairs at PointClickCare Traditionally, long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) facilities have not benefited from the same health IT investments or funding as other care sectors. Since the U.S. Since the U.S.

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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce issue joint statement for healthcare interoperability

Lloyd Price

Today, as health IT community leaders get together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are approaching universal adoption in US hospitals and ambulatory practices, thanks in part to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.

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Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.

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