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The recently released EHR Meaningful Use in 2014 Flexibility regulation addressed challenges in FY 2014. However, for hospitals, the challenges will remain in place at the start of FY 2015 (Oct. 1, 2014), when hospitals will be expected to meet all of the program requirements for the entire fiscal…
The undersigned organizations write to express immediate concerns confronting our respective members’ ability to successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program in 2015 and we offer recommendations on increasing program flexibility.
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviation—mix in specialized safety training for all hospital staff, use common-cause and root-cause analyses and enhance with lessons and stories from front-line staff—then combine all to…
This webinar showcases the transformational journey of St. Charles Health System in Bend, Ore., as it pursues the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim of simultaneously improving the health of the population, enhancing the patient experience and outcomes and reducing per capita cost of…
Amicus Brief in Support of Appellants' Petition for Rehearing by the American Hospital Association, Kentucky Hospital Association, Kentucky Medical Association, , Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Individual Kentucky Hospitals
In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in the U.S. health care field and the impact it has had on health care quality, efficiency and patient safety.
InteroperabilityInteroperability includes the exchange and use of information within a health care organization and across organizations. Barriers to interoperability must be addressed in order to support health information exchange. The multiple payment and delivery transformation initiatives…
Electronic Clinical Quality MeasuresEHR-based automated quality measure reporting has the potential, if implemented correctly, to ease the burden of quality reporting, while increasing access to real-time information to support quality improvement. To do so, the clinical quality measures (eCQMs)…
Electronic Clinical Quality MeasuresEHR-based automated quality measure reporting has the potential, if implemented correctly, to ease the burden of quality reporting, while increasing access to real-time information to support quality improvement. To do so, the clinical quality measures (eCQMs)…
On July 28, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule defining “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs).