Meaningful Use news and information

Surescripts, the for-profit electronic prescription network owned by pharmacy associations and pharmacy benefit management companies, is adding 19 state, regional and private health information exchanges to its portfolio of heath information exchange services.
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The Louisiana Health Information Technology Resource Center is reporting that 1,042 healthcare providers across the state are now live with electronic health records and capturing meaningful use data. As of this week, 74% of Louisiana's priority primary-care physicians met federal guidelines for...
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Patient engagement is one of the hottest topics today in healthcare reform, as more attention is paid to improving results from care delivery.How exactly to bring about this engagement remains a matter of debate, as providers and patients see the root of the problem differently.
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Despite concerns that some providers are lagging in the adoption of EHRs, federal officials plan to stay on schedule in requiring hospitals to meet Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements.
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Salt Lake City-based healthcare data warehousing and analytics company Health Catalyst has named Scott Holbrook strategic adviser.
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Healthcare providers have long decried the cacophony of reporting requirements under various CMS programs and have asked for harmonization of the rules. Now, the 652-page proposed rule encompassing changes to the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule, released Monday, may have providers who report...
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Watch out for a French person talking about revolution.“The patient is the revolutionary in healthcare these days,” said Dr. Bettina Experton, a French-born oncologist turned U.S. citizen and health IT entrepreneur. “That is why I think Blue Button is revolutionary.”
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its patient-centered medical home recognition program standards, which it says will better reflect healthcare trends such as the growing emphasis on outcome measures.
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The changes driven by the reform law make it crucial that providers stay on top of a growing list of compliance issues.
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Partners HealthCare System has joined with the investment arms of Kaiser Permanente and Indiana University in an $8 million equity placement in a Utah data warehousing and analytics firm, Health Catalyst, reflecting what some predict will be the next big category in health information technology...
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