As the healthcare industry discussions continue surrounding the definition of meaningful use for electronic health records (EHRs), others have been seeking to define meaningful use as it relates to more appealing concepts.
Photo credited to Neil Versel’s blog with the original source as Pat Wise of HIMSS.
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Mark Hagland is a nationally recognized health care journalist, public speaker, and author. More information about him and about his work can be found at www.markhagland.org. In the following entry, he shares a few thoughts about the health care reform that is already happening in America.
With all the heat surrounding the national health care reform [...]
Healthcare providers are scrambling to transform their clinical processes in an ever-constant race to reduce costs, remain in compliance and achieve the financial incentives of ongoing healthcare reform. But are they achieving true physician adoption when they are implementing these changes? Are they using the most appropriate processes that will allow them to stay competitive [...]
No matter what side of the healthcare debate you’re on, keeping up to date on the constant activity surrounding the proposed reform is an overwhelming task. With a topic as complex and significant as this one, even healthcare professionals are challenged to effectively navigate this sea of media coverage and stay abreast of the latest [...]
With lawmakers debating healthcare reform and how to allocate stimulus funds on a daily basis, it is more important than ever to understand the reality of today’s HIT landscape. Knowing the difference between terms such as EHR, EMR and PHR and being able to define concepts such as ‘comparative effectiveness’ and ‘meaningful use’ are [...]
Woodcock and Associates is a leading consulting organization working in the medical practice operations and revenue cycle management areas. Today Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, writes on the potential of Medicare cuts in 2010.
With payments to physicians treating Medicare beneficiaries scheduled to plunge by 20.6 percent starting January 1, 2010, and a depressed U.S. [...]
Here is an interesting blog post from Tim Edwards, who works for M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, on the impact that President-elect Barack Obama will have on healthcare, if all of his healthcare reform plans are enacted. The blog is in response to a webinar held by IBM titled “Healthcare [...]