With digital technology entering the healthcare industry in many ways, there has been a need to ensure meaningful use of electronic health records and ensure privacy of such medical records. To promote this, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program offers financial incentives to the healthcare enterprises. However, to receive this incentive the CMS has…
The need for effective patient care has driven governments to move the healthcare industry into the digital world. To promote this among the eligible providers and stop the innumerable cases of data loss due to transfer of information on paper charts the government is giving incentives to those who adopt Electronic Health Records (EHR). However,…
Information Technology breakthroughs paved way for wide use of Information management systems in the healthcare sector, transforming the healthcare system for improved patient care and cost reduction. However, the increase in patient’s vital information being collected and stored in hospitals and other healthcare establishments, turned as a prime target for cyber criminals causing hospitals to…
As the healthcare industry moved from being paper based to technology dependent, it did so in various areas and created silos of information that was difficult to communicate across offices of other providers. While technological breakthroughs had taken other industries far ahead, the healthcare industry was yet to be completely techno savvy. The concept of…
Although only a small percent of healthcare entities actually go through a "Meaningful Use" audit, in reality it is the anxiety of a single misstep, setting off an audit or a penalty that is a major concern for a number of healthcare CIOs. Healthcare entities are in a quandary, trying to determine if their EHR…
Safeguarding patient health information has always remained one of the top priorities for healthcare. To further this interest, federal advisors have spelled out revisions to the HIPAA Accounting of Disclosures Rule. The Health IT Policy Committee has endorsed the recommendations put forth by its Privacy and Security Tiger Team in its meeting held on December…
The preliminary results of the ‘Meaningful Use’ audits conducted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have indicated that healthcare providers are having trouble substantiating their attestations, and are especially facing issues with documentation. Robert Anthony, deputy director of the Health IT Initiatives Group at CMS’ Office of e-Health Standards and Services, mentioned in…
