Market Challenges Many are beginning to question ONC’s role in the further promotion of EHR...
Incentives, Regulations and Consequences
Good intentions do not always result, in the long-term, in good policy. Such may be the case with...
Can Using an HIE for Orders and Results Land You in Club Fed?
Tread Softly Pay-to-play is a cornerstone of many extremely efficient and perfectly legal markets....
Stage 3 and Patient Engagement: VDT, API, PGHD, Oh My! As Industry Goes, So Goes CMS
Staying the Course Patient engagement requirements outlined in CMS’ Stage 3 regulations have drawn...
Measuring Patient Engagement
Rise of Consumer Engagement As Healthcare organizations (HCOs) begin to go “beyond the portal”...
Three Big Questions for Stage 3 & Patient Engagement
For many, the delay of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program evoked a collective sigh of relief,...
Limits and Lags in Healthcare Productivity
In a recent Health Affairs blog, Alex Goldsmith does a back-of-the-envelope analysis of the...
Ramping Up for MU Rules, CMS Launches New Site
Today, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new site that is basically...
Part One: Stage One Meaningful Use Winners
As required by legislation in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), HHS/CMS released...