August 2010 - EMR and HIPAA

EHR Certification Bodies – Weno Healthcare To Enter the Fray

Today we got news of the new ONC-ATCB EHR certifying bodies: CCHIT and Drummond Group. However, this is really just the start of the EHR certifying bodies. ONC released that “Applications for additional ONC-ATCBs are also under review.” One of those possible...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 12:56 PM by EMR and EHR

Drummond Group and CCHIT Become First Official ONC EHR Certifying Bodies

We finally now have the first ONC approved EHR certification bodies (Officially ONC-ATCB or ATCB or ONC Authorized Testing and Certification Body). The first 2 ONC-ATCB are very familiar names that we’ve been talking about on EMR and HIPAA for a...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 12:20 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Meaningful Use Resource

There are a TON of meaningful use resources for those physicians and clinics interested in showing meaningful use of an EMR in order to get the EMR stimulus money. Here’s one such resource that I thought gave a nice summary of what’s required...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 2:53 PM by EMR and EHR

CCHIT Certified EHR Becoming ARRA Certified EHR

Alfred from Infomd.net recently made the following comment: If the product you use is CCHIT certified, it is a pretty safe bet to say that they will be certified under the Meaningful Use rule. Meaningful Use is but a subset of what it takes to become...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 10:58 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Crazy Legislative Process

Today I came across some really crazy news that one of the senators that helped write the healthcare reform bill hadn’t ever even read the entire bill. Here’s a section of the article: During the debate over what later became the health care...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2010 11:40 AM by EMR and HIPAA

One Way Of Measuring Meaningful Use Productivity Loss

I think I better just invite BobbyG to join me as a blogger since he’s often contributing essentially great blog posts in the comment. I just have to highlight them. So, here’s one comment that BobbyG offered that talks about the potential...

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:41 AM by EMR and HIPAA

8 Pictures That Tell an Interesting EHR Story

Anthony sent me the following slides which I think tell a really interesting story about EHR (or maybe I should say lack of EHR). I’m sure many of you will enjoy it. Related posts:EMR Consultants – Tell Us Your Story Interesting Updates on...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 2:16 PM by EMR and EHR

EMR Billing Matters

My previous post about imagining an EMR that didn’t include billing certainly has driven a lot of conversation. Actually, that was the purpose of the post. I indulge in great conversation with multiple perspectives. It’s the beauty of blogging...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 1:08 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR vs EHR

Many of you have likely noticed that I like to use the terms EMR and EHR almost synonymously. In fact, it’s kind of a game for me now. I generally try to stick with one term for a certain blog post, but I even break that rule on occasion. I guess...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 11:23 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Stimulus Counterproductive

The Washington Times recently had an article by Tevi Troy and Dr. Jason D. Fodeman about the EMR Stimulus program which talks about how the program might be counterproductive to its goal. The final paragraphs are an interesting perspective: Unfortunately...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 1:28 PM by EMR and EHR

EMR Vendor Recommendations

Every couple months I get someone asking me if I could recommend any good EMR vendors. It makes complete sense why someone would ask this question. They want to try and narrow their search down from the 300+ EMR vendors that are out there. That’s...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 12:03 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Imagine an EMR without Billing

For today’s weekend post, here’s a thought provoking comment: Imagine what EMR software would look like if it didn’t have to worry about billing, insurance and reimbursement. Would we then see much higher quality EMR software in regards...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 1:26 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Selecting an EMR Vendor

I know that sometimes people don’t like the analogy’s I make on this site. However, I just can’t help but make them. I find them instructive and there’s nothing wrong with people disagreeing with me. In fact, that’s often...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 1:36 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Blogging Rules

Today I came across a post on Neil Versel’s blog where he talks about staying up late and early morning to meet the deadline for the stories he was writing for FierceEMR. When I first starting blogging about EMR, I came across Neil’s blog...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 5:06 PM by EMR and EHR

Costs of EMR Certification for Meaningful Use And Impact on EMR Vendors

Long time readers will know that I’m not a fan of EMR certification. It seems quite pointless since it provides no assurance to the doctor of anything of value. EMR Certification doesn’t ensure a higher implementation success rate. EMR Certification...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 2:07 PM by EMR and HIPAA