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Overview of AHIMA’s Comments on Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 2010
Mar 03, 2010 03:59 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series Paper no. 8
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed the requirements in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Janua....
Overview of AHIMA’s Comments on Certification Standards
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: March 10, 2010
Mar 10, 2010 10:29 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 9
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed the requirements in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....
AHIMA Comments on the Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services‘ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: March 12, 2010
ARRA in Flux: Healthcare Industry Awaits Rules on Several ARRA Provisions
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2010
The series of snow storms that hit Washington, DC, in February shut down Congress and the federal government for several days. The storms only added to delays that have kept the healthcare industry in a state of flux, awaiting several rules from provisions in the American Recovery and Rein....
Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Leadership Perspectives on Anticipated and Realized Benefits
Author: Mills, Troy R.; Vavroch, Jared; Bahensky, James A.; Ward, Marcia M
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2010
Abstract
The growth of electronic medical records (EMRs) is driven by the belief that EMRs will significantly improve healthcare providers’ performance and reduce healthcare costs. Evidence supporting these beliefs is limited, especially for small rural hospitals. A survey that focused on....
Access + Understanding: The Role of Health Literacy in Patient-Centric Health IT
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
Improving the ability of patients to understand and apply health information goes hand in hand with designing systems that deliver it. Both are needed to improve outcomes and reduce disparities.
Recent federal initiatives to promote health IT, including the “meaningful use” EHR incen....
Copy That? Meeting the Meaningful Use Objectives for Electronic Copies, Part 2
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
Hospitals and providers seeking to receive payments under ARRA’s “meaningful use” incentive program must prove their eligibility by meeting objectives and associated measures for the use of their EHR systems. Some of the requirements of most interest to HIM professionals are related to a provi....
Health IT for the People: An Increasing Movement—but No Road Map—for Patient-centered Health IT
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2010
There is increasing recognition that health IT should work for patients, too, providing them with information they need in ways that are convenient to them. But although the journey is beginning, no one has a map.
The health IT landscape is still uncharted territory for most US provi....
NHIN Direct: ONC Keeps It Simple in Effort to Jumpstart Data Exchange
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
The federal government is creating a stripped-down version of the nationwide health information network to aid the meaningful use program. What does it mean for HIEs?
Simple is not a word typically associated with electronic health information exchange. For years, the act of sending....
Missing Pieces: Healthcare Waits on Regulations That Will Fill in the ARRA Puzzle
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2010
As this issue goes to press, healthcare remains unsettled, waiting on the publication of key rules related to ARRA and the HITECH Act.
Until these rules appear, providers cannot assess with any certainty their willingness and ability to apply for the meaningful use incentive program....
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