The week after Christmas is always a hard one. There’s a reason why the term “post-holiday blues” is now a recognized phenomenon. One day you are unwrapping gifts and sipping on egg nog without a care … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Stage 3: Is It Final or Not?
On October 6 of this year, CMS released a ruling that revised Stage 2 and also included the new requirements for Stage 3. However, in a rare move, they added a 60-day comment period to the Stage 3 … [Read more...]
Patient Portals: Enhancing Patient Communication?
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...]
Better Late Than Never? CMS “Finally” Releases the MU Final Rule
October is well underway, leaves are changing colors, college football is off to a shaky start, and the sport of sports (college hoops) is just around the corner. Oh, yeah, and last week CMS finally … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Audits: The Injustice of It All
Tomorrow is the first day of September and everyone reading this blog knows what that means…we are one month away from the ICD-10 transition! I don’t want to wear you out with that announcement, but I … [Read more...]
Giving the Immunization Measure a Shot
Last week Dr. Dugan Maddux had us all singing the 12 Days of Christmas with a Health IT twist. The holidays can also have many of us singing the blues, as the season coincides with the middle of the … [Read more...]
