In this post, guest blogger Mary Polk gives insight into RECs and the benefits they offer practices and physicians who are adopting EHRs and attesting for meaningful use. Mary is the Practice … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: June 3, 2011
HHS Proposes Privacy Rule on Medical Records Patients could obtain a list of everyone who has accessed their electronic medical record under a rule proposed on Tuesday by the Department of Health and … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 27, 2011
Data Mining, EHRs Help Target Dangerous Drug Combo Data mining and electronic health records helped researchers at some of the country’s most prestigious universities discover a dangerous side effect … [Read more...]
Stage 2: A Possible Delay?
Earlier this year the Health IT Policy Committee published a proposal for potential Stage 2 meaningful use objectives and solicited public comment regarding the same. We reviewed the proposal in an … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 20, 2011
Do Electronic Medical Records Need a Bottom-Up Approach? Should electronic medical records be rolled out chiefly according to the needs of physicians and other providers? That’s the question debated … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 13, 2011
No Easy Fix for Nephrology 'Brain Drain' The field of nephrology needs to get creative in making itself more appealing to young medical students, researchers say. Interest in the field has been waning … [Read more...]
Acumen Medical Advisory Board
During the past few years I have had the privilege of holding a ring-side seat as our company has evolved from a small entrepreneurial startup into a mature software company. A valuable part of this … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 6, 2011
Delay for Stage 2 Meaningful Use? An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying Stage 2 by one year, until 2014, as an option to give vendors … [Read more...]
