Due to the recent push from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to focus more on health information exchange and patient engagement, electronic tools like EHRs have become incredibly important.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a report that shows the number of hospitals participating in meaningful use programs is higher than it has ever been.
Providers have recently started working hard to enhance electronic health interoperability and HIE to make the large amounts of health data gathered from patients shareable.
Although the responses to the new MU ruling have been both positive and negative, the American Health Information Management Association has reported satisfaction with the proposed objectives.
There have been significant changes to patient care as providers adopt new electronic health records and other health IT systems.
Enhancing HIE strategies will have benefits that include increased access to essential medical data.
New research led by the University of Warwick in the U.K. found what may be the first effective blood test for identifying the early stages of osteoarthritis.
One of the many changes that will occur along with the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 involves the data analytics within the health care industry.
The health care industry is beginning to use patient portals not only on a nationwide level, but internationally as well.
According to the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, in addition to the stage 3 meaningful use criteria, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have released this year’s EHR certification criteria.
The proposed stage 3 meaningful use standards issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have been opened for public comment and have received a sea of feedback from organizations throughout the health care industry.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published a list of potential rules and requirements for the upcoming stage 3 meaningful use regulations.
Many experts believe that health IT that caters to behavioral and mental health patients will become increasingly popular over the coming months.
The American Medical Association recently wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asking it to make preparations for a possible ICD-10 failure.
With so many organizations planning on investing in an EHR system in 2015, many are wondering how to choose the right vendor.
As the health care industry aims to improve patient safety and care quality, more hospitals and providers plan to adopt new health IT in 2015.
Many health care providers of both large and small practices have experienced difficulties meeting the regulatory demands imposed by the Department of Health & Human Services.
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange recently published a guide for small practices hoping to participate in successful ICD-10 testing.