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EHR Case Studies, Regional Extension Centers Ready for Meaningful Use Attestation
Parmeeth M.S. Atwal | June 15, 2011
When the clock struck midnight on April 18, 2011, Jennifer Brull, MD, was ready. She had already registered for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. She had her certified EHR system firmly in place, and working with the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care , the Regional Extension Center for Kansas, she had confirmation that her practice met meaningful use criteria. Dr. Brull was ready to complete her online submission to the Attestation System and qualify for Medicare/Medicaid EHR incentives.
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From the ONC Desk Interoperable Health Information Exchange Featured at GHIT Conference
Dr. Doug Fridsma | June 14, 2011
The Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) will be hosting its annual Government Health IT (GHIT) Conference June 14-15 in Washington, DC. ONC’s presence at the meeting will highlight the ongoing work being done at the federal and state level supporting interoperable health information exchange and meaningful use of electronic health records. In addition to a closing keynote speech by our new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, I’ll be speaking about our efforts promoting standards-based interoperable health information exchange.
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From the ONC Desk Fact or Fiction with EHR Certification Regulatory Interpretations
Steven Posnack | June 10, 2011
If enough people believe something, it has to be true, right? In my travels, I’ve found that regulatory interpretations range from being largely factual to wildly fictitious. The latter often results from misinterpretations of regulatory language, improper combinations of regulatory language from different rules, or accurate interpretations getting lost in translation as they are passed from person-to-person. These inaccurate interpretations, intentional or not, often unsurprisingly lead to confusion. Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to clear up a few things I’ve heard related to certification.
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EHR Case Studies, Regional Extension Centers Success by Association: Mississippi REC Hits its Goal
Mat Kendall | June 9, 2011
Another Regional Extension Center (REC) has met its target for signing up priority primary care providers (PPCPs). The REC for Mississippi, eQHealth Solutions, Inc. , hit the 100 percent mark on May 17, 2011.
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EHR Case Studies, Regional Extension Centers South Carolina REC: Fostering EHR Implementation across the State
Mat Kendall | June 2, 2011
More than 1,000 providers in South Carolina are now on the road to meaningful use, thanks to the efforts of the Center for Information Technology Implementation Assistance (CITIA-SC), the Regional Extension Center (REC) for the state. CITIA-SC, a program of Health Sciences South Carolina, is the second REC in the country to meet its initial recruitment goal.
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