Leveraging Technology
This fact sheet summarizes the finding from the 2012 Most Wired survey results.
The Most Wired survey helps hospitals and health systems measure their progress in the implementation and use of information technology, and benchmark themselves against other organizations. The survey measures…
This Regulatory Advisory examines CMS's March 7 proposed rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) and the proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology that sets certification criteria, standards and implementation…
On September 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published in the Federal Register a final rule with changes to the Physician Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program.
On June 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule with changes to the physician electronic prescribing (e-Prescribing) Incentive Program.
Testimony of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association before the Adoption and Certification Workgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee re hospitals' experiences with usability of electronic health records \(EHRs\).
In the February 15 Federal Register, the Food and Drug Administration \(FDA\) released a final regulation on how it will regulate ")medical device data systems") \(MDDS\).
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology \(ONC\) on July 28 in the Federal Register published a final rule establishing an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for electronic health record \(EHR\) technology.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on July 28 published a final rule defining ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator \(ONC\) for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that sets…
The Department of Health and Human Services \(HHS\) in the July 14 Federal Register proposed certain modifications to the privacy, security and enforcement requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 \(HIPAA\), largely to implement changes necessitated by the…
On June 24, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology \(ONC\) published in the Federal Register a final rule establishing a temporary certification program for health information technology. The rule, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-14999.pdf…