Health information exchange (HIE)
The push for health information exchange (HIE) began back in the Bush administration, with the long-term vision of a National…
Issues Facing Medical Practices
The push for health information exchange (HIE) began back in the Bush administration, with the long-term vision of a National…
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are generating quite a buzz these days. Health policy experts rejoiced to see ACOs included in…
One of the policies underlying the government's push to encourage adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) is the expectation that…
Section 3022 of PPACA calls for the establishment of a Medicare shared savings program by January 1, 2012. The shared…
Title III, Subtitle A, Part I of PPACA is entitled “Linking Payment to Quality Outcomes under the Medicare Program”. These…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [i] (PPACA), commonly known as the health care reform law, will likely have…
A recent poll of U.S. physicians found that about a third have been paid by pharmaceutical companies to attend meetings,…
Privacy advocates worry that as patient records move from paper to the digital environment, security breaches will occur more frequently…
“Innovation” is the new buzzword; it’s being used to describe products and services in almost every radio and television commercial. …
As the healthcare industry continues its progress toward adoption of electronic health records, another type of electronic record garnered big…