Last week we looked at the core measures without a threshold in the CMS EHR incentive program. Today we’ll examine measures on the menu without a threshold. As you may recall, in addition to the 15 … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: December 24, 2010
Hong Kong Starts Second Stage EHR Engagement The Hong Kong Government has launched the second stage of its Electronic Health Record (eHR) Engagement Initiative (EEI), with two briefing sessions held … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Core Measures without a Threshold: A Walk in the Park
Previously I reviewed the high-threshold meaningful use objectives. Today I want to explore the Core meaningful use objectives without a threshold. What is the difference between those objectives with … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: December 17, 2011
An Update on Health IT from Dr. David Blumenthal The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services summarizes the year in health IT for the … [Read more...]
Physician Compare
In a recent blog post I described some of the changes in store for PQRI in 2011. The 2011 Medicare PFS also contains information of interest related to the public reporting of quality data. Many of us … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: December 10, 2010
Johns Hopkins Checklist Helps Stop Bloodstream Infections Intensive care units across the state of Michigan reduced the rate of potentially lethal bloodstream infections to near zero. Mobile … [Read more...]
Only 20 Shopping Days Left…
I spent part of this past weekend holiday shopping with my wife. This is a bit out of character as I typically wait until the very last minute when the pressure is on. As the year draws to a close, … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: December 3, 2010
EHR Certification Final Rule Up for Review The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has sent a final rule to establish a permanent certification program for EHR … [Read more...]
