Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information
The devil is in the definition, as least when it comes to getting financial incentive payments for the adoption of electronic health records (EHR). The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently…
Continue Reading Incentive Payments for Hospital-Based Physicians under HITECH
On November 2, 2009, the Texas-based Drummond Group Inc. announced in a Press Release that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the…
Google Health and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Caring Connections have partnered to allow patients to store and access their advance directives on line. Advance directives are essentially "directions" that…
[Installment 5 – Governance Considerations from HIT for the Board and Other Hospital Stakeholders]
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that relate to the governance concerns…
Continue Reading Relationship of “Meaningful Use” of EHR, and the Department of Veterans Affairs
“Incentive Payments”; “Board of Trustees”; “Hospital Board Duties”; “Jim Landers”…
Continue Reading Sharing of Electronic Health Records Among Hospitals
When I first reviewed the Matrix and other documents released by the HIT Policy Committee’s “Meaningful Use” Workgroup, my initial reaction was “When did defining ‘Meaningful Use’ of …
The HIT Policy Committee is suppose to unveil its recommendations on the definition of "Meaningful Use" of electronic health records (EHRs) on June 16th, reports Health Data Management. …
Continue Reading “Meaningful Use” Definition Recommendation Due out June 16th
Using Google Health, a free personal health record tool, requires patients to be proactive both in terms of creating their electronic health record (EHR) and in checking the accuracy of …
Continue Reading Review Health Information Before You Click “Upload to Google Health”
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has been called the most significant legislation to ever address health information technology, but it is no cure-all,…
Continue Reading NYT, NEJM Report Doctors Not “Sold” on EHRs
Phase I of CMS’s EHR Demonstration project began September 1, 2008. Physicians selected by CMS to participate in this EHR demo project will be eligible to receive incentives totaling up to…
Continue Reading EHR Demo Applications Due November 26, 2008
