It comes as no surprise that the Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a delay to the Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 requirements. At Stage 1 created loads of confusion, the delay of Stage 2 seemed…expected. Additionally, the HHS is clarifying that those who got their act together in 2011, wouldn’t be under a [...]
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Continue ReadingIf you are a Centricity user you should now have received the official bad news. The direct quote is: GE Healthcare recently became aware of inaccuracies with reports in Centricity Practice Solution and Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) that may affect customers who have attested or are currently planning to attest for Meaningful Use through [...]
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Continue ReadingWe frequently refer to your company computer policy. This is the foundation by which your practice should operate day to day. Meaningful Use requires your practice to have, among other things, a Sanction Policy and a Termination Policy. The Wall Street Journal, on June 15, contained an intereting article called Apple’s Retail Secrets. Did you [...]
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Continue ReadingThe Stage 1 Meaningful Use attestation deadline is right around the corner. Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals must complete the 90 day attestation by the end of the federal fiscal year with ends September 30. This means they must begin by July 3. Then the attestation data must be input by November 30. Eligible [...]
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Continue ReadingMeaningful Use Stage 1 is not yet in the can, and the Stage 2 talks are already underway. Word of caution – don’t get behind on this stuff, you’ll be digging yourself a deep hole. As noted by Dr. Karen Bell in a survey, a number of meaningful use measure (objectives) were deemed too aggressive. [...]
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