Practice Makes Perfect: Meeting the security risk analysis requirement of meaningful use
Many eligible professionals (EPs) seeking to attest for stage 1 of the CMS’ meaningful-use EHR incentive program find that their biggest challenge lies with meeting the core measure related to protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI) maintained by their EHRs.
$13.7 billion in meaningful use incentives paid through March
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has doled out more than $13.7 billion in EHR Incentive Program payments since the start of the program, according to the latest figures available for March. 255,772 eligible professionals (EPs) have receives payments so far, representing nearly half of the EPs in the country. March saw $1.1 billion in payments to EPs and more than three quarters of eligible hospitals, signaling continuing success for the meaningful use program.
Good News About Organ Transplantation and Kidney Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the major research institutions in the United States and the same hospital that treated many victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, recently released a big breakthrough. Researchers created an artificial rat kidney in the laboratory that was then transplanted into another rat and ultimately produced urine — a huge advance in the field of bioengineering.
CKD Risk Lower in Big Water Drinkers
At the Canadian Society of Nephrology’s 2013 annual meeting, researchers reported on an analysis of data from the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data showing that CKD was 2.5 times less likely to develop in people who drank more than 4.3 liters of water a day than those who drank less than two liters a day.
Work flow analysis critical after EHR purchase
An accurate mapping of the process patients encounter through clinical visits and care episodes helps practices identify waste and areas that need improvement.
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