National Nurses Week 2013: Nurses Share Their EHR Journey What an exciting time to be a nurse in our nation! During the annual National Nurses Week, we are reminded that nurses in every community are … [Read more...]
Users Conference Helps Customers Maximize Their Acumen Experience
Guest blogger Megan R. Jones is the Sales & Marketing Specialist for Acumen and one of the organizers of the 2013 Acumen Connect User Conference. Dr. Ketchersid is taking a well-deserved … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup : May 3, 2013
Practice Makes Perfect: Meeting the security risk analysis requirement of meaningful use Many eligible professionals (EPs) seeking to attest for stage 1 of the CMS' meaningful-use EHR incentive … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: April 26, 2013
CMS, ONC Report on Progress of Health IT Adoption CMS and ONC posted a joint fact sheet Tuesday that breaks down progress in health IT adoption since the passing of the HITECH Act, including the … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: April 12, 2013
Proposed Rules Would Extend EHR Safe Harbor The CMS and HHS' inspector general's office have issued a pair of complementary proposed rules to extend 2006 waivers that relaxed federal Stark and … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: April 5, 2013
CMS Updates 2014 Meaningful Use Hospital Clinical Quality Measures According to an April 2 press release, CMS has determined that the clinical quality measure specifications should be updated more … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 29, 2013
Test Methods Updated for Stage 2 Meaningful Use The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released an update of its approved test methods for clinical quality … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 22, 2013
CMS sets aggressive 2013 meaningful use targets The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expecting half of eligible physician offices and 80% of eligible hospitals to be meaningful users of … [Read more...]
