Engaging Conversations on Healthcare and Technology
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Posted in Healthcare Integration, Healthcare IT, Meaningful Use | View Comments
“ONC did an excellent job of creating pragmatic, achievable guidelines for physicians while still maintaining an ambitious vision for health IT… Now that EHR systems are affordable and Meaningful Use is within grasp – doctors have absol... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Posted in EHR, HITECH, Meaningful Use | View Comments
During an #HITsm tweet chat in February, I asked participants if they believed the momentum in EHR adoption by healthcare facilities initiated from HITECH and Meaningful Use would continue, if for whatever reason, funding for Meaningful Use was halted or... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Posted in Meaningful Use, Radiology IT | View Comments
During the SIIM 2011 Annual Meeting earlier this year, radiology leaders were rallying the industry to engage with the incentive program being driven under the Meaningful Use banner. Although there was uncertainty initially, the regulations clarified how... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Posted in Meaningful Use, Radiology IT | View Comments
Meaningful Use has been a bit of a mystery to radiology from the beginning. Initially, there was much debate as to whether Meaningful Use even applied to the radiologist. Meaningful Use was certainly designed with a one-size-fits-all approach, but whet... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
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When I started to read about the potential – and now, real – delays in Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, my first reaction was that this is not the right approach. We need to keep the momentum going. We need to get our health records into a digital format in or... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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We have posted various responses to the Meaningful Use NPRM. Response highlights include: U.S. Senators: Meaningful Use Proposed Rules Unite Partisan Senators Various Healthcare Trade Groups: Meaningful Use & Healthcare Standards – Expressed... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Posted in EHR, Meaningful Use | View Comments
...s, they are on different ends of the political spectrum. So, what is uniting this diverse group of 27 US Senators on Meaningful Use? In a letter to Charlene Frizzera, Acting Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), they offer... Read entry ⇒
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Posted in Meaningful Use, Poll Results | View Comments
In a recent poll, we wanted to know about our readers’ reactions to the meaningful use and standards final rules. As expected, the results noticeably reflected similar attitudes expressed in a number of publications following the release of the final rul... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Posted in Meaningful Use, Radiology IT, Radiology Workflow | View Comments
...e are the solution, not the problem.” Recently, there has been a great deal of confusion on whether HITECH and Meaningful Use apply to radiology. This has resulted in many radiologists hesitating to make a decision on whether or not to participate i... Read entry ⇒
HomeWelcome to HL7 StandardsHealth IT Social Media Primer: Click Below to Download!#HITsmHealth IT Meaningful Use is a key driver in healthcare and will greatly influence the foundation of the health care and health IT industries within the next decade. ... Read entry ⇒
