The American Medical Association has sent a letter to acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Marilyn B. Tavenner requesting a further extension to the compliance deadline for
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Software-as-a-service Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems are generating more interest from healthcare providers, according to a report from KLAS. Better security for cloud-based data storage and decreasing prices were cited
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday published the names and business addresses and phone numbers of Medicare providers who have demonstrated meaningful use of an Electronic
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the launch of its new Health IT Dashboard this week. The dashboard, accessible at http://dashboard.healthit.gov, was created
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A study from the Commonwealth Fund has determined that more technology use and higher prices, and not increased usage of medical services, appear to be the primary forces behind higher U.S. healthcare
Healthcare Costs Driven by Technology Read More »
make a meta description for this blog post: A collaboration among Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health System, and Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center is demonstrating and evaluating
Patient Access to Health Information Read More »
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has engendered more than 4,000 eVisits, or digital house calls, since April 2009. The health system has also worked with four payers to
UPMC Facilitates Electronic Visits Read More »
The New York State Department of Health, the New York City Investment Fund, and the New York eHealth Collaborative have jointly launched a $4.2 million program designed to promote healthcare
NY Program to Create Healthcare IT Jobs Read More »
Novitas Solutions, Inc. (formerly Highmark Medicare Services), a Medicare contractor, has announced that some claims submitted during the first quarter of 2012 did not have the National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Some 2012 Medicare Incentive Claims Missed Read More »
With prescription drug abuse becoming increasingly problematic, organizations across the country have been attempting to develop programs that increase the safety and efficiency with which medication is prescribed.
SEMI helping Michigan docs with eprescribing initiatives Read More »
