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 other changes to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
Medicare, Medicaid EMR Payments Reach $10.3B
Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments are estimated to have blasted through $10.3 billion to a total of 180,200 physicians and hospitals through December since the program’s inception.
EHRs: Small Practices Need Sustained Technical Help
A study shows that only those physicians who received extensive, sustained, technical assistance with electronic health records (EHRs) had significant improvements in quality of care.
2012: The Year Meaningful Use Took Hold
The year 2012 was the year when data showed its muscle, whether in the presidential elections or in demonstrating how deeply entrenched the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records had become.
More Changes in Health Care Needed to Fulfill Promise of Health Information Technology
Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor easy to use, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis.
Copying Common in Electronic Medical Records: Study
Most doctors copy and paste old, potentially out-of-date information into patients’ electronic records, according to a U.S. study looking at a shortcut that some experts fear could lead to miscommunication and medical errors.
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