EHR Adoption Rate Exceeds Expectations The federal Department of Health and Human Resources reached its year-end goal for meaningful use of electronic health records seven months early, HHS officials … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: June 15, 2012
Meaningful Use’s Stage 2: A Recipe for Failure The proposed next stage of the EHR incentive program promises to be so burdensome as to discourage embracing the technology it is attempting to … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: June 8, 2012
Meaningful Use Payouts Exceed $5 Billion Total payouts to hospitals and eligible professionals in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs exceeded $5 billion through April of this year. But … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: June 1, 2012
Most Doctors Headed for Penalty Over Medicare Quality Reporting Growing numbers of physicians are earning reporting bonuses, but hundreds of thousands still have not participated in a program that … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: May 25, 2012
CMS Reminder: Register Early for EHR Meaningful Use The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reminds eligible professionals that they should register as soon as possible for the Medicare and … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: May 18, 2012
National Report Shows Surge in E-prescribing among Health Practitioners By the end of 2011, 58 percent of office-based physicians were using e-prescribing, with solo practitioners contributing the … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: May 11, 2012
Five Societies Blast CMS with Meaningful Use Opinions While May 7 was the last day to submit comments to the Stage 2 meaningful use proposed rule to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: May 4, 2012
Meaningful Use Numbers Grow, but Are Providers Ready for Stage 2? Although the number of eligible professionals and hospitals registered in the CMS meaningful use incentive program continues to climb, … [Read more...]
