Q&A: Blumenthal Talks EHRs, Healthcare Reform
President Obama’s former national coordinator for health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal, shares his thoughts on progress with meaningful use of electronic health records, and what’s next for healthcare reform.
Mostashari to MGMA: Time Is Right to Adopt EHRs, Show MU, Move to ACOs
To all those healthcare CIOs out there worried about ICD-10, meaningful use, accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes and a host of other government-backed efforts to reform healthcare, Farzad Mostashari, MD, has some words of advice: Don’t stay on the sidelines.
Why Geeks Should Care About Meaningful Use and ACOs
The clinical people in this country tend to focus on meaningful use incentives as “how do I get paid to install an EHR” rather than seeing it as deeply connected to the whole process of healthcare reform. But any geek can quickly see the bottom line: all of the other healthcare reform efforts are pointless unless we can get the measurement issue right.
Hospitals Move Slowly On Meaningful Use
A survey of hospital CIOs indicates that hospitals are not moving as rapidly as expected to achieve Meaningful Use of electronic health records. But the executives’ confidence level that their facilities will reach that goal has risen since a similar poll conducted last March.
Report: Physicians Need More EHR Training
A report by AmericanEHR Partners found that physicians may not be receiving adequate training for electronic health records.
Meaningful Use and EHR: Our Story
One doctor shares his experience successfully steering his practice through meaningful use attestation.
KLAS: Providers Seek Help for ICD-10 Compliance
With a deadline a mere two years away, U.S. health care providers are finding an upgrade to a new morbidity classification system a bit of a struggle and they are asking for help.
Checklist: 9 Tasks That Will Get You Ready for ICD-10 Implementation
If you’re trying to figure out how to start planning ICD-10 implementation, there are plenty of resources to help. Based on the webinar, “Are you ready for ICD-10?”, this piece offers nine ideas.
Kidney Drug Fails to Work in International Trial
A drug known as sulodexide has failed to show any benefit toward halting kidney failure in people with diabetes and an international trial has been stopped early.
Vitamin B Derivative Helps Diabetics with Mild Kidney Disease
A vitamin B6 derivative may help slow or prevent the progression of mild kidney disease in patients with diabetes, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).
Gene Variant Increases Risk of Kidney Disease in African-Americans
Per scientists at NIH, African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease. The finding brings scientists closer to understanding why African-Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than whites.
170,000 Medicare Patients Suspected of Doctor Shopping for Drugs
The GAO urges more controls to prevent fraud, including restrictions on those who seek prescriptions for controlled substances from multiple doctors.
Q&A: First Take on ACO Final Rule
CMS issued the final rules for accountable care organizations (ACO) last Thursday and, in so doing, sparked excitement throughout healthcare with what initially appears to be a more achievable set of qualifying parameters. But it will take some time for the healthcare industry to absorb and understand the changes.
National Kidney Foundation Names New CEO
Bruce Skyer was named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the Board of Directors announced today. Skyer is the first such appointment in nearly 30 years.
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