Terry and Diana recently blogged about the 2019 QPP Proposed Rule and all of the new changes coming down the pike. Diana’s July 30 Acumen blog post highlighted changes in the MIPS Promoting … [Read more...]
Entering the Voice Era: From Scribes to Scribble
These days the years seem to roll around really fast, which means so does my annual physical exam. I have a super nice primary care physician (PCP), but as I age the annual list of health maintenance … [Read more...]
Say NO to Capping Cost of Care in California
A conversation with Dr. Bryan Wong, a partner in East Bay Nephrology Group in Berkeley, California, and a member of Patients and Caregivers to Protect Dialysis Patients, a coalition opposing a … [Read more...]
FHIR Revisited
Like a moth to a flame, we periodically have to take a close look at FHIR. As mentioned in the March 26 blog post, interoperability was the hot topic at HIMSS, and FHIR is at the blazing edge of … [Read more...]
HIMSS Highlights from Dr. Sharif
The Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2018 meeting took place in early March in Las Vegas with more than 40,000 attendees. The HIMSS annual meeting attracts Chief Executive … [Read more...]
Health Information Exchange and Trusted Exchange Frameworks
In the past 2 years Massachusetts has made big changes in transportation infrastructure by tearing down toll booths along the I-90 Massachusetts Turnpike. Before October 28, 2016, 23 toll booths along … [Read more...]
Acumen 2.0
It has been almost a year since the Acumen Physician Solutions division announced a partnership with Epic to create Acumen 2.0 powered by Epic. This week I sat down with Dr. Ahmad Sharif, Chief … [Read more...]
Interoperability 2018
Healthcare information interoperability has been in the news a lot in 2017. This fall the Acumen blog featured a 3-part series by Eddie Hedrick reviewing the interoperability landscape. Eddie’s … [Read more...]
