You’re reading this blog post and we thank you for it, but what does that say about you? Data about use of online resources and tools in the U.S. is plentiful. A January 2014 Pew Research publication … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use in 2015: The 8 Things You Should Do Before the Year’s End
It’s been three months since my last blog post and a lot has changed! While I was off enjoying my newborn daughter, CMS released the much anticipated final rule for stage 2 modifications in … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Stage 2: The View from Outer Space
It has been over a week since the Stage 2 final rule was published and I know most of you have read the document cover to cover. For those of you who perhaps had better things to do (like taking care … [Read more...]
Back to School Special: HHS Publishes the Stage 2 Final Rule & ICD-10 Transition
It’s that time of the year when kids of all ages are gearing up to return to school. As we were traveling through time-tested rituals at casa Ketchersid, I found myself wondering what to write about … [Read more...]
To Infinity and Beyond…a Final Look at the Stage 2 NPRM
Over the past couple of weeks I have been discussing some of the insights gained from our first look at the proposed rule for the second stage of the meaningful use program. Of course this is not a … [Read more...]
Stage 2: Clinical Quality Measures
Last week I reviewed some of the features contained within the NPRM for stage 2 of meaningful use. Today I’d like to walk through how HHS proposes to tweak the clinical quality measures (CQMs) in … [Read more...]
Stage 2: Raising the Bar
Tomorrow, HHS will publish the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 of the CMS EHR incentive program in the Federal Register. ONC provided us with an early look late last month. … [Read more...]
