Delay Stage 3 Meaningful Use Regs, Physicians Say Organized medicine is urging the Obama administration to postpone drafting its stage 3 requirements for earning a bonus in its incentive program for … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 8, 2013
Survey: Too Many EHR Alerts Could Lead to Missing Test Results The information deluge unleashed by electronic health-record systems could cause physicians to miss notifications of abnormal test … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 1, 2013
Ways EHRs Can Lead to Unintended Safety Problems Wrong records and failures in data transfer impede physicians and harm patients, according to an analysis of health technology incidents. Rx … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: February 22, 2013
U.S. Doctors Slow To Adopt Electronic Health Records Although doctors who are using electronic health records in a meaningful way are eligible for a $44,000 bonus from the U.S. government,, just 1 in … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: February 15, 2013
EHRs: Where will your meaningful use bonus go? Practices should set expectations early in the process for how the money will be divided and how it will be spent. Getting Ready for ICD-10’s … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: February 8, 2013
EHRs: “Sloppy and Paste” Endures Despite Patient Safety Risk Copying and pasting information is common within EHRs, but the practice sometimes can lead to confusion and endanger patient … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: February 1, 2013
Proposed Meaningful Use Stage 3 Criticized as Hasty and Too Strict Rigid requirements to meet electronic health record measures will trip up physicians attempting to stop upcoming penalties, warn the … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: January 25, 2013
CMS Provides Meaningful Use Resource for Specialists The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognizes that its EHR Incentive Programs are not one-size-fits-all. As such, the agency … [Read more...]
