EHRs: Quality Care Versus Cost Savings, Next 'Meaningful Use' Rules Some say adoption of electronic health records are not saving money like they'd hoped, but that it does improve care. In the … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: January 12, 2013
CMS to Host Jan. 16 Provider Call on EHR Meaningful Use The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Jan. 16 National Provider Call on the final rule for Stage 2 meaningful use, and … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: January 4, 2013
7 Ways Meaningful Use Grew Deeper Roots in 2012 This was a year when data showed its muscle, whether in the presidential elections or demonstrating how deeply entrenched the adoption and meaningful … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: December 28, 2012
Meaningful Use Drives Physician EHR Boom Physicians are responding to the promise of bonuses for electronic health records adoption — and the threat of penalties if they don’t. CMS notifies … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: December 21, 2012
Looking Back: Meaningful Use 2012 by the Numbers With the EHR Incentive Programs having doled out more than $9 billion in incentives to eligible professionals (EPs) and hospitals (EHs), it is … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: December 14, 2012
States Demonstrate Success in Meaningful Use Acceleration Efforts The numbers are in and meaningful use of Meaningful Use appears to be working. A trio of states—Maine, Ohio, and Kentucky—have used … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: December 7, 2012
EHRs Can Thwart Prescription Drug Abuse, Says Study New government-sponsored report suggests embedding access to state-level substance abuse data in physician and pharmacy … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: November 30, 2012
OIG Calls for Random Pre-payment Audits and EHR Certification Changes A new report from the Office of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) says MU program is … [Read more...]
