A study by Weil Cornell Medical College researchers found that using Electronic Health Records systems results in significantly higher care quality scores than using paper records for certain health conditions. The study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, analyzed care quality data regarding over 74,000 patients from 262 physicians using paper records and 204 physicians using EHRs in 2008.
By Lawrence G | October 16, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT |
The multi-agency Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 91 people for allegedly participating in schemes amounting to almost $430 million in Medicare fraud. The second such major raid by the government in the past few months netted doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, some of whom were arrested while others surrendered themselves.
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By Lawrence G | October 5, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare Laws and Regulations, Medical Billing Software |
San Francisco-based McKesson Corp. has announced plans to acquire MED3000, a developer of physician group management, billing, and revenue cycle tools based in Pittsburgh. This comes a week after McKesson announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase MedVentive, a data analytics firm and provider of population and risk management tools for the healthcare industry.
By Lawrence G | October 2, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT, Medical Billing Software |
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs announced a demonstration of the standards for securely and responsibly sharing protected health information (PHI). Using standards defined in the Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative, the HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the VA were able to transmit treatment records for a fake test patient from one Electronic Health Records system to a different one,
By Lawrence G | September 18, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare Laws and Regulations |
A new Twitter app called MappyHealth has been developed to track diseases and can be used to identify health issues and possible outbreaks in a community. Developed in response to the NowTrending2012 application challenge sponsored by the HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), MappyHealth is intended to help make social media data more accessible to local health departments.
By Lawrence G | September 17, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT |
A report from the Institute of Medicine suggests that science and technology could help to increase quality and efficiency and reduce costs in the U.S. healthcare system. The Committee on the Learning Health Care System in America, a panel of eighteen experts, was convened by the IOM to identify the challenges facing healthcare today and recommend solutions to improve these.
By Lawrence G | September 11, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT |
A recent survey found that 96 percent of medical practices are concerned about the potential impact of the transition to ICD-10, now scheduled for October 1, 2014. At the same time, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), as well as the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS),
By Lawrence G | September 10, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare Laws and Regulations, Medical Billing Software |
A new survey from Medscape shows that 82 percent of physicians are using an Electronic Health Records system currently or in the process of implementing one. More than 21,000 healthcare providers from 25 specialties were surveyed by the WebMD-affiliated Medscape, and the results suggest that the federal meaningful use program is greatly responsible for the widespread adoption of EHRs.
By Lawrence G | September 5, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News |
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has been authorized to certify Electronic Health Records software through the permanent certification program. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) authorized CCHIT, along with four other organizations, to serve as certification bodies under the EHR incentive payment program.
By Lawrence G | September 4, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare IT |
IBM announced last week a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium aimed at standardizing the reporting and electronic exchange of public health data. IBM Research scientists will work with the public health officials to create templates for public health case reports which would work with existing Electronic Health Records systems.
By Lawrence G | August 20, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records News, Healthcare Laws and Regulations |
