Policy Panel Endorses Proposal To Delay Stage 2 of Meaningful Use On Wednesday, the Health IT Policy Committee endorsed a recommendation to delay by one year Stage 2 of the meaningful use program for … [Read more...]
Get Help Adopting an EHR from Your REC
In this post, guest blogger Mary Polk gives insight into RECs and the benefits they offer practices and physicians who are adopting EHRs and attesting for meaningful use. Mary is the Practice … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: June 3, 2011
HHS Proposes Privacy Rule on Medical Records Patients could obtain a list of everyone who has accessed their electronic medical record under a rule proposed on Tuesday by the Department of Health and … [Read more...]
CMS EHR Incentive – The Check’s in the Mail
Last week CMS announced that the Medicare incentive payments for successful participation in the EHR incentive program were being distributed. One week later my wife’s practice received an $18,000 EHR … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 27, 2011
Data Mining, EHRs Help Target Dangerous Drug Combo Data mining and electronic health records helped researchers at some of the country’s most prestigious universities discover a dangerous side effect … [Read more...]
Stage 2: A Possible Delay?
Earlier this year the Health IT Policy Committee published a proposal for potential Stage 2 meaningful use objectives and solicited public comment regarding the same. We reviewed the proposal in an … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 20, 2011
Do Electronic Medical Records Need a Bottom-Up Approach? Should electronic medical records be rolled out chiefly according to the needs of physicians and other providers? That’s the question debated … [Read more...]
RPA’s Public Policy in a Minute :: May 2011
Renal Physicians Association Public Policy in a Minute for May, with Rob Blaser, Director of Public Policy. … [Read more...]
