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 AMA and others in organized medicine.
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 electronic health record (EHR) systems until it studies how the stage 1 criteria have worked — or not worked — in physician offices.
Make Sure Patient Portals Go Beyond Meaningful Use
Many physicians are now in the market for a patient portal as they work toward qualifying for meaningful use incentives. But experts say that for real success, adopting a patient portal should be part of a long-term strategy for increasing patient engagement.
6 Ways AHRQ Will Study EHRs, Workflow
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to better understand the relationship between health IT and workflow redesign by examining six small- to medium-sized physician practices that are moving to a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model and use several methods to obtain their research information.
Online Survey Measures ICD-10 Progress
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced a new online survey to measure the progress of ICD-10 implementation nationwide and the impact of the one-year extension to the deadline for compliance (now Oct. 1, 2014). Any individual associated with healthcare organizations (such as vendors, health plans, and healthcare providers) can participate in the survey through Wed., Feb. 20, 2013.
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