Meaningful Use

CHIME Comments on Proposed Meaningful Use Stage 3 Requirements

January 14, 2013     Mark Hagland
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On Jan. 14, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) submitted formal comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in response to the release of the Health IT Policy Committee’s proposal for Stage 3 of meaningful use.

The AMA Comments On the Health IT Policy Committee’s Proposal for Stage 3 Meaningful Use

January 14, 2013     Mark Hagland
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On Jan. 14, the Chicago-based American Medical Association (AMA) submitted formal comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in response to the release of the Health IT Policy Committee’s proposal for Stage 3 of meaningful use under the HITECH Act.

Health IT Policy Committee Meeting: The Year Ahead and a Glimpse at Stage 4 of Meaningful Use

January 8, 2013     David Raths
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At the Jan. 8 Health IT Policy Committee meeting, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., national coordinator for health IT, and Paul Tang, M.D., vice chair of the committee, outlined some priorities for the year ahead, including a glimpse of what Stage 4 of meaningful use might address.

2013: The Year of Patient Engagement Innovations

January 5, 2013     David Raths
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Stage 2 of meaningful use raises the bar in terms of how and when hospitals and physician groups must make patient data available.

New Year’s Resolutions for Stage 2 Meaningful Use

December 27, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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Happy New Year! In this Healthcare Informatics podcast, Jason Fortin, senior advisor at Impact Advisors, talks about Stage 2 of meaningful use. Fortin discusses talks about what should be at the top of providers’ checklist when it comes to stage 2 at the beginning of the year.

Hospitals, Health Systems Lack Confidence In Meeting Stage 2 MU: Poll

December 20, 2012     John DeGaspari
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Hospitals and health systems are only somewhat confident in their organization’s level of readiness to meet meaningful use Stage 2 standards for electronic health records (EHR), and most see training and change management efforts as their biggest compliance challenge, according to the results of a poll conducted by KPMG LLP. The results reflect responses from more than 140 hospital and health system administrators.

ONC Releases its Final 2014 Test Method for EHR Testing Specifications

December 18, 2012     Mark Hagland
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On Dec. 17, the federal Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the Final 2014 Test Method containing the processes and tools for testing electronic health records as part of the meaningful use process under the HITECH Act.

Digital Divide in Meaningful Use Payments, Study Finds

December 14, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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According to a report from the federal Government Accountability Organization (GAO), acute care hospitals were 1.7 times more likely and children's hospitals were 1.6 times more likely to have been awarded a Medicaid EHR incentive payment for 2011, when compared to critical access hospitals. The report compared the various hospitals that have received meaningful use payments in 2011, finding overall 1,964 hospitals and 45,962 professionals were awarded a total of approximately $2.7 billion in Medicaid EHR incentive payments for 2011.

CMS Announces Minor Changes to Some Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements

December 6, 2012     Mark Hagland
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The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced modest changes to some of the technical requirements under Stage 2 of the meaningful use process under the HITECH Act. In an interim rule set to be published Dec. 7, CMS announced that it was replacing a small number of standards with new versions, and changing or exempting some meaningful use measures to allow providers to fulfill them in a more flexible way.

How Do You Tame Unruly Meaningful Use Measures?

November 28, 2012     David Raths
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Among key meaningful use challenges for physician offices are vendor product nuances, workflows that must be redesigned, and staff roles that needed to be redefined.

D.C. Report: Congressional Panel Asks 'Is Meaningful Use, Meaningful?'

November 20, 2012     Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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A House subcommittee on Science, Space and Technology held a hearing this week on Meaningful Use. The focus on Meaningful Use was to ask the question, "has the program truly been meaningful?" The response from all witness, which included ONC National Coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari and Intermountain VP & CIO Marc Probst, was a resounding "Yes."

ONC Goal: 1,000 Rural Hospital Meaningful Users by End of 2014

November 20, 2012     David Raths
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Despite the budgetary and work force challenges rural hospitals face, they are making steady progress on health information technology adoption. Between 2009 and 2011 the rural provider EHR adoption rate more than doubled, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has set an ambitious goal of 1,000 rural hospitals becoming meaningful users of health IT by the end of 2014.
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