In this post by guest blogger, Barbara Cannon, RN, you’ll understand how a “go–live” date for your EHR or other healthcare technology can simply be part of a smooth adoption process. Barbara is Senior … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 13, 2011
No Easy Fix for Nephrology 'Brain Drain' The field of nephrology needs to get creative in making itself more appealing to young medical students, researchers say. Interest in the field has been waning … [Read more...]
Acumen Medical Advisory Board
During the past few years I have had the privilege of holding a ring-side seat as our company has evolved from a small entrepreneurial startup into a mature software company. A valuable part of this … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 6, 2011
Delay for Stage 2 Meaningful Use? An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying Stage 2 by one year, until 2014, as an option to give vendors … [Read more...]
Adoption
The CMS EHR incentive program has created a feeding frenzy in the EHR marketplace as health care providers of all shapes and sizes scramble to implement an EHR. Hospitals and eligible professionals … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: April 29, 2011
Nephrologists in Accountable Care Organizations—Do They Have a Role? A video by Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services attempts to … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Attestation Arrives (Really)
On April 18th CMS opened the meaningful use attestation portal—perhaps two weeks after we originally thought it would be here, but indeed the portal is open. I logged in and entered data for my wife. … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: April 22, 2011
CMS: Let the Meaningful Use Attestation Begin The launch of the online attestation system on April 18 marks the beginning of activities that will result in payments under the CMS Medicare EHR … [Read more...]
