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More On Meaningful Use for eMRs

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1. Bernie, on April 13, 2010 at 9:57 AM said:

   Forget MU … Remember HIT Security

   Healthcare organizations may be lulling themselves into a false sense of security when it comes to data security, according to a biannual report from HIMSS Analytics.

   Healthcare organizations seemingly lax with mobile security

   http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/report-security-survey-providers-compliance-40068-1.html

   Bernie

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2. Farnsworth, on April 27, 2010 at 10:05 AM said:

   Reviewing Medical Records for Clinical Medicine?

   These researchers in a new report found that the final strategy — using medical records to pick out high-risk patients — was just as effective as the government’s screening program at preventing new cases of heart disease and would save costs.

   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36777493/ns/health-heart_health

   You want MU – I’ll give you meaningful paper use!

   Cheers – you crazy Americans!
   Farnsworth

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3. Charlie, on May 10, 2010 at 10:09 AM said:

   eHRs Should be about Clinical Care not Coding and Billing

   Most eHRs contain coding advice and even automated E&M calculators. Most template-based eHRs even go to great lengths to facilitate documentation as required by CMS to justify a particular level of reimbursement.

   But – what about the patient?

   Charlie

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4. Hope Hetico RN, MHA, on May 25, 2010 at 12:29 AM said:

   Lighten on MU – Sparse Evidence on eMR Safety

   Conventional wisdom holds that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was one of the few parts of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was widely accepted. ARRA, the $787 billion stimulus bill, passed both houses of Congress along strict party lines, though there was strong bipartisan support for the HITECH provisions.

   But, conventional wisdom is often, well … conventional and wrong!

   How so? Anthony Guerra, founder and editor of HealthSystemCIO.com and former longtime editor of Healthcare Informatics, challenges that notion by arguing that the legislation is a solution in search of the right problem and that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology may not be the best entity to lead implementation efforts http://healthsystemcio.com

   “In my opinion, ONC can’t be relied on to objectively evaluate and respond to growing concerns that electronic health records, in their current state of sophistication, bring with them as many patient safety risks as improvements,” Guerra writes.

   http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224701470

   To which we not only agree, but have been opining since ME-P inception.

   Note: healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

   Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA
   [Managing Editor]

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5. Ann, on June 14, 2010 at 11:32 AM said:

   HIPAA HITECH and Meaningful Use

   Here are some recent “meaningful use/HITECH articles. Simply cut and paste to read:

   1) fierceemr.com/story/intermountain-would-miss-36-48-current-mu-requirements/2010-06-10
   2) zdnet.com/blog/healthcare/expect-slippage-on-meaningful-use-guidelines-and-dates/3715
   3)nytimes.com/2010/06/08/health/policy/08health.html

   Source: Marc Garfield, DPM
   PMNews #3,884
   Williamsburg, VA, mgarfield1@cox.net

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6. Judy, on July 1, 2010 at 5:50 PM said:

   Colleagues,

   Is it true that CMS will finally issue MU guidelines on July 14th, 2010.

   If not, shall we storm the Bastille?

   Judy

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7. Dr. Marcinko, on July 14, 2010 at 9:44 PM said:

   The Final Rules?

   The government released new rules on Tuesday that further define “meaningful use” of electronic medical records for physicians and hospitals.

   As our readers know, earlier this year, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) authorized incentive payments to physicians for the use of EHRs including $44,000 through Medicare and $63,750 through Medicaid.

   But, achieving meaningful use was confusing to stakeholders until now, according to this NEJM publication by David Blumenthal MD, MPP and Marilyn Tavenner RN, MHA.

   http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=3732&query=OF

   What do our ME-P readers think? Is the debate finally over?

   Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA
   [Editor-in-Chief]

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8. Jake, on July 27, 2010 at 9:32 PM said:

   More from the MU Critics

   http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/critics-hammer-feds-congressional-meaningful-use-hearing

   Jake

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9. Stanford, on August 6, 2010 at 9:05 PM said:

   The FDA and the ONC Clash over eMRs

   Did you know that the CMS regulations for “meaningful use” of EMRs are 864 pages long. And, that the companion rule on EMR certification, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is another 228 pages.

   Yet there’s not a word about reporting and tracking of errors in EMR software and related systems, according to the Huffington Post Investigative Fund.

   http://www.fierceemr.com/story/fda-onc-clash-over-emr-safety-issues/2010-08-05?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

   Is this a family feud, or is it all in the family?

   Stanford

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10. Ann Miller RN, MHA, on August 25, 2010 at 1:31 AM said:

    IT Provisions Under Health Reform Seen as Saving Money for Payers and Providers

    The new health reform law has accelerated the adoption of uniform standards and operating rules for electronic transactions between providers and health plans in an attempt to reduce the administrative burden on both groups. Industry experts see these new provisions, taken together with CMS’s recent final “meaningful-use” regulations, as a positive step, raising the stakes for payers to invest in new IT standards.

    Generally speaking, says Julie Korostoff, an attorney in Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC’s Boston office, providers view the provisions as a “positive development.”

    In addition to easing the administrative burden, this saves money, she tells HRW. There is a big cost to both providers and payers in moving to electronic health records if payers don’t accept the records because of different standards, she explains. “All payers should have the same standards,” she adds.

    Source: Barbra Golub, Health Reform Week [8/24/10]

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