Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Rob was an early adopter of electronic health records in his practice, after having been exposed to EHRs during his training. He became the president of the GE Centricity user group, and his group practice won a HIMSS Davies Award for its innovative and effective use of its EHR.

Primary Care 60

Primary Care EHR Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Rob was an early adopter of electronic health records in his practice, after having been exposed to EHRs during his training. He became the president of the GE Centricity user group, and his group practice won a HIMSS Davies Award for its innovative and effective use of its EHR.

Primary Care 60

Primary Care EHR Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

care innovations

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Everything I learned through boot camp, infantry training and all of my combat exercises shared one common fabric: Don’t always plan on an easy path to completing a mission. As an anti-tank gunner (MOS: 0351), I was part of a group that trained for the most unfathomable scenarios.

Meaningful Use 56

Meaningful Use EMR Interoperability Telemedicine 56

TheraNest

AUGUST 4, 2019

As of 2015, certain mental health practices (mostly psychiatrists’ offices) had to begin meaningfully using EHR to be eligible for incentive payments. Will the EHR vendor provide training, and if so, is that included in the cost? Having an EHR system that is not user-friendly and impossible to use is worse than not having one at all.

Mental health 61

Mental health EHR Private practice Meaningful Use 61

Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

His cycling coach used a plethora of measurements and predictive analytics to adjust his training and got him to make a real mindshift: not focusing on speed (MPH) — the output — but instead on the stats that together yield the speed: cadence, wattage, heart rate. Health Care Law and Consulting.

Healthcare Innovation 60

Healthcare Innovation Leadership Interoperability Meaningful Use 60

Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

His cycling coach used a plethora of measurements and predictive analytics to adjust his training and got him to make a real mindshift: not focusing on speed (MPH) — the output — but instead on the stats that together yield the speed: cadence, wattage, heart rate. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

Healthcare Innovation 60

Healthcare Innovation Leadership Interoperability Meaningful Use 60

care innovations

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Allowing for separate payment for time spent on initial set-up and patient training and education — something CPT 99091 doesn’t offer. Lacktman calls this “a very helpful move to further incentivize providers to start using these technologies with their patients.”. RNs, medical assistants, etc.),” Lacktman told Wicklund.

Medicare 40

Medicare Remote care Telemedicine Meaningful Use 40

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

As Eric noted, without that sort of database, each client would end up using its own data to set its benchmarks – which is ultimately not nearly as useful. Inovalon uses the data to train analytic engines – AI, predictive analytics – and the connectivity of its platform is an important part of its partnerships with its clients.

EHR 60

EHR Interoperability Life Science FHIR 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

As Eric noted, without that sort of database, each client would end up using its own data to set its benchmarks – which is ultimately not nearly as useful. Inovalon uses the data to train analytic engines – AI, predictive analytics – and the connectivity of its platform is an important part of its partnerships with its clients.

EHR 60

EHR Interoperability Life Science FHIR 60

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We have a lot of training to do, especially in telehealth. Like with the electronic health record: The very first thing for our customers that has been studied is that the most important thing is good training, good learning. So learning and training is the most critical thing. How to train personally and do well.

Interoperability 181

Interoperability Telehealth Meaningful Use FHIR 181

HIStalk Interviews

APRIL 10, 2019

The big EMR push, Meaningful Use, and even ICD-10 took people’s attention away from the post-acute care side. They start by listing their favorite facilities in the area, the ones they use frequently and discharge to most often. I’m having the time of my life running this small company.

Nursing 48

Nursing Meaningful Use EMR Primary Care 48

Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Indeed, to address the full breadth of factors contributing to health disparities, NYS will not only pursue reforms and investment in the health care delivery system, but also in training, housing, job creation, and many other areas. Training in Order to Respond to Needs and Minimize Disruption to Delivery of Needed Healthcare Services.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Telehealth HIE Public Health 52

Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collecting a receipt seems like some of the retired meaningful use measures — if virtually everyone’s doing it, why bother measuring any more?) I suspect that the preponderance of the issues lie in the latter category. See my note about layered NPPs, above.

HIPAA 60

HIPAA Health Data Accountable Care Meaningful Use 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

Collecting a receipt seems like some of the retired meaningful use measures — if virtually everyone’s doing it, why bother measuring any more?) I suspect that the preponderance of the issues lie in the latter category. See my note about layered NPPs, above.

HIPAA 60

HIPAA Health Data Accountable Care Meaningful Use 60

Mobile Health Matters

APRIL 26, 2018

The launch of Meaningful Use under the Affordable Care Act drove the electronic medical record (EMR) “Gold Rush,” the mass implementation of EMRs in a shift away from paper charts. Joining AirStrip in 2014 as the VP of Commercial Operations, Scott manages all commercial team operations, implementations and user training at AirStrip.

EMR 129

EMR Meaningful Use Nursing Interoperability 129

Redox

APRIL 13, 2023

They’re not changing anything on the front-end process, but on the back-end we’re able to get them industry-standard people or industry-trained people who can actually crank out that work and reduce that deficit.

EHR 52

EHR Interoperability Meaningful Use Digital Health 52