Pages
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
Tag Archives: EMR
Understanding the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Want to get 2% back on your Medicare services? Consider the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, referred to as PQRI for short. What is the PQRI? The 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act established a voluntary quality reporting program for physicians. Under the program, eligible professionals who satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered [...]
An update on meaningful use
As you probably know by now, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes significant incentives for medical professionals who provide Medicare or Medicaid services and use an electronic medical record (EMR)—but to be eligible, you have to be a “meaningful user”. According to National Health IT Coordinator David Blumenthal, MD, quality measures are at [...]
Use an EHR—and get a malpractice premium credit
Earlier this year, the Connecticut Medical Insurance Company (CMIC), a physician-owned medical malpractice insurer serving Connecticut and Massachusetts, announced the launch of the first malpractice premium credit available to Connecticut physicians. The new credit is available to physicians using an electronic health record (EHR) certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), a [...]
CMS releases stimulus funding to state Medicaid programs
Medicaid incentives payments for EHR use are one step closer to reality. On September 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to state Medicaid directors announcing that: The CMS will reimburse states for payments they make to health care providers under the federal health IT stimulus program. State Medicaid agencies [...]
gloStream Achieves 2008 CCHIT Certification!
gloStream is very proud to have gained this certification, and we’re equally proud that we have achieved full CCHIT certification in 06, 07 and 08 – every year that certification has been offered. This a significant milestone that clearly demonstrates our commitment to developing products that have me the highest standards for functionality, security and [...]
EMR built on Microsoft Office receives accolades from physicians
Seventy-five percent of physicians still haven’t installed an electronic medical record (EMR)—despite financial incentives do do so. One reason may be the enormity of choosing from the hundreds of EMR solutions on the market. You want a solution that will meet industry standards—and is built on technology guaranteed to be around many years from now. [...]
Meaningful use criteria proposed
Finally, a step forward in the vague standards regarding electronic medical records (EMRs): A government agency has created “meaningful use” recommendations. To be reimbursed for the installation of EMRs under Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), medical professionals must use a “certified” EMR in a “meaningful” way. To this point, however, [...]
Microsoft sees the future in gloStream
President Obama is talking a lot about how the U.S. health care system needs to be modernized—and one company helping modernize it is gloStream, which offers the only electronic medical record (EMR) on the market embedded with Microsoft Office. EMRs allow health care providers to exchange information electronically. They can look up patient records, prescribe [...]
Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians
SPECIAL REPORT ABSTRACT Background: Electronic health records have the potential to improve the delivery of health care services. However, in the United States, physicians have been slow to adopt such systems. This study assessed physicians’ adoption of outpatient electronic health records, their satisfaction with such systems, the perceived effect of the systems on the quality [...]
Why implement an EMR now?