Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For the 26th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re taking a look back at the last decade of Health IT. Hard to believe that it’s almost 2020, but as we enter the new decade join us as we look back. Join us as we discuss the biggest topics of the last decade and also the hot topics for 2019.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

HealthPolicyValentines [link] — Jared Jeffery (@Jk_Jeffery) February 12, 2024 One more…I promise: Roses are red, data is blue, Computers are fun, But Meaningful Use sucks without you. #HealthPolicyValentines — Heather K (@korb_heather) February 12, 2024 Resurrecting this zinger from a couple years back.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center ( WHAIC ) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

These financial arrangements caused healthcare providers to submit false reimbursement claims for pathology services, along with false claims for Meaningful Use incentives arising from the use of ModMed’s technology. For example, in 2021 CareCloud Health agreed to pay $3.8

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2020

Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based EHR vendor with a controversy-rich history, has agreed to pay $145 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme designed to increase opioid prescriptions and issues with their meaningful use EHR certification. This had been […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2019

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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2019

It seems like an eternity that we’ve been writing about government regulations like Meaningful Use, HITECH, MIPS, MACRA, and a bunch of other abbreviations that many would like to forget, but can’t because they’re still a part of many organizations’ daily lives.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 11, 2023

Cybersecurity is a Patient Safety Issue – Imprivata According to Wes Wright, Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata , cybersecurity in healthcare should be considered a patient safety issue since it impacts patient data and patient outcomes when that data is rendered inaccessible.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For many clinicians, EHRs have actually been a disservice, a major factor in burnout. That’s because they weren’t invented to help clinicians in the first place.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2023

As such, the EHR product roadmap changed to ensure that you could meet the EHR certification and meaningful use requirements. Plus, many of us have things like Roomba robots cleaning our houses which is part of the evolution of these models and we all remember how well Watson did on Jeopardy.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

Insights Condition (EHR Reporting Program) In addition to a timeframe that is too short to adequately prepare, recruit clients, execute, and submit reports, the proposed Insights measures harken back to the early days of the meaningful use program but without incentives for providers to cooperate.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Lieber reiterated HIMSS’ position that the federal government should extend the attestation period for Meaningful Use Stage 2 by one year. 3:10 New ONC EHR certification proposal and continued questions about Meaningful Use Stage 2. 9:05 Remember “macro objective” of Meaningful Use.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2021

In its complaint, the US Justice Department claimed that athenahealth violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by running questionable marketing programs. EHR developer athenahealth has agreed to pay $18.25

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 12, 2014

Tavenner: 2014 is your last chance for a hardship exemption for Meaningful Use 2 (Feb. Google Glass startup expecting third healthcare client in less than 6 months (Feb. NantHealth launches Clinical Operating System – biggest of big data startups – with $1B (Feb.

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Mobile Health Matters

APRIL 26, 2018

As the industry experiences increasing merger and acquisition activity and more hospitals become part of ACOs or integrated delivery networks (IDNs), establishing a framework built on interoperable and scalable technology will ensure our healthcare assembly line operates seamlessly within a single warehouse. Scott received his B.S.

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HIStalk Interviews

APRIL 10, 2019

I’ve been in healthcare IT for a long time. The big EMR push, Meaningful Use, and even ICD-10 took people’s attention away from the post-acute care side. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to big company. I’m having the time of my life running this small company.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The following is a guest article by John D’Amore, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Diameter Health. Almost every article on the 10 years since the passage of the HITECH Act mentions the over $35 billion spent to incentivize the implementation of electronic health records. Most go on to conclude either “We failed!”

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

The healthcare staffing crisis is also putting severe margin pressure on organizations. We are passionate and dedicated to working with healthcare partners, RCM leaders and clinicians to put our extensive pool of primary-sourced data to meaningful use. Inovalon is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene. Good timing.

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 14, 2014

As I alluded to earlier, I was leaving the press room one afternoon at HIMSS14, and there I see former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari hanging around Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber of Health Innovation Media.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

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. Follow the money. A related motivation was suggested by to two administrators with nursing backgrounds: Joy Avery and Donna Pritchard from CipherHealth.

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eVisit

JULY 8, 2019

Healthcare IT News. Published by HIMSS Media, this is a reliable, daily updated source for all your healthcare IT news, whether you're looking for the most recent updates on meaningful use rules, tips for implementing your EMR successfully, or are wondering how to leverage patient data to provide better care.

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