34 Search Results for Meaningful Use and the HITECH Act
EHR Pros and ConsEHR stands for Electronic Health Record. This is an electronic version of a patient's medical history, which is maintained by the healthcare provider over time. The record may include all the key administrative clinical data that is Continue Reading...
electronic system in the health care system, new ideas and approaches are introduced. Electronic health records are helpful if they are meaningfully used. The concept of meaningful use is explained by many healthcare authorities. The Medicare and Me Continue Reading...
HITECH Act and Meaningful Use
The American healthcare system is subject to undergo unprecedented reforms resulting from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These changes have generated opportunities for firms across the healthcare landscape. Healthcare I Continue Reading...
If a breach occurs a healthcare organization would have to send out first-class letters to any patients who might have been affected by the breach. Electronic mail can be used if the individual agrees to receive electronic notice and such agreement Continue Reading...
Abstract
Meaningful use constitutes a key health information technology project driver as it impacts all players in the health care sector. By 2016, 95% of hospitals has demonstrated meaningful use of HIT through the CMS HER programs. Meaningful use Continue Reading...
Policy Communication: HITECH ACT
Health policy communication: HITECH Act
Policy description
Part of the 2009 U.S. Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are the provisions of HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health), a Continue Reading...
program has the potential to revolutionize the way the healthcare industry on many fronts and has implications for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes, and population health associated with the collection and use of Meaningful Continue Reading...
Heubusch (2009), defining meaningful use is important because "it triggers $17 billion in Medicare and Medicaid incentives for the adoption of electronic health record systems." According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "provide Continue Reading...
HITECH Legislation
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is something that gives the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) with the power to create programs that will improve health care quality, s Continue Reading...
, 2005). In addition, the workload on clinicians is often increased past the point of reasonable because it is too intrusive and time consuming to document patient encounters during clinic time (Grabenbauer, Skinner, and Windle, 2011). The amount of Continue Reading...
Healthcare incentive program
Nursing Informatics/Meaningful use
Meaningful Use Program
Overview of Meaningful Use program
Meaningful use is basically an enticement program available for healthcare providers and hospitals for attaining the aims a Continue Reading...
Triple Constraints
Health care informatics and how that field interacts and is affected by triple constraints is the subject of this brief report. Further complicating this paradigm is thre passage and enforcement of the Health Information Technolog Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues Surrounding the Adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by Health Care Organizations and Meaningful Use
The objective of this work in writing is to examine why health care organizations are hesitant to adopt electronic health rec Continue Reading...
Technology and Cost Containment:
The ongoing increase in the costs of health care has become one of the major impediments towards increasing the accessibility and affordability of care services and enhancing patient outcomes.
Policymakers and vario Continue Reading...
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was enacted as part of the 2009 bailout. The focus of the act is initiating "incentives related to health care information technology…and specific incentives designed Continue Reading...
Lost medical records are process errors that can cause significant medical issues affecting patient privacy, care and safety. Furthermore, Federal laws mandate the secure creation, retention and use of medical records to ensure the highest quality of Continue Reading...
Healthcare Delivery Systems and Informatics
Meaningful Use (MU)
Under the HITECH Act (2009) financial incentives were offered to physician practices and hospitals who adopted certified electronic health record (EHR) systems and used this technolog Continue Reading...
The other dimension is related but is definitely separate. Some end-users are not only uninformed on how to administer electronic health records, they may actively resist and otherwise undermine the setup and these people need to be identified or e Continue Reading...
The Act authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract out with private health insurers to offer at a minimum of two multi-state qualified health plans (to include at least one non-profit) to provide individual or small group cover Continue Reading...
Clinical Decision Support Systems:
Decision support systems were first developed and implemented in the corporate world in order to support business management. In the past few years, these support systems have been integrated into health care organ Continue Reading...
System Analysis of T-SYSTEM
Because of its ability to improve the quality and delivery of health care services, the Electronic Health Record is becoming a necessity in almost every healthcare organization. The purpose of this paper is to explain the Continue Reading...
forward, HIPAA should not have much more impact on health care systems in general. HIPAA was passed into law in 1996 nearly three Presidents ago and has been in full implementation since the final modifications to the privacy rule were put into plac Continue Reading...
Children Health Fund
Providing comprehensive medical services in a given jurisdiction may involve the use of mobile clinics alongside main medical services. The service attempts to reach out to the wider community whom due to various reasons does no Continue Reading...
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Incentive Payments
Section 401(c) of the HITECH Act is reported to add an incentive for payments to specific Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations for their affiliated EPs who meaningfully use certified HER technology and Continue Reading...
Health Information Exchange
BOON OR BANE?
Health Information Exchange in the U.S.
The Guidelines
Benefits
Privacy and Security
Challenges and Strategies
Why Clinicians Use or Don't Use HIE
Doctors' Opinion on HIE
Consumer Preferences around Continue Reading...
Clinical Documentation Integrity:
In the past few years, the healthcare system has experienced constant battle surges between internal and external customers of clinical information to transform medical data into meaningful and beneficial informatio Continue Reading...
Training staff members requires additional costs. There is also the 'time' cost of using the system on a daily basis. Furthermore, many find the demands of using the system -- typing into a machine as the patient talks -- to be profoundly impersona Continue Reading...
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Description: The legislation
Over the past fifty years, Electronic Health Records or EHRs have quickly transformed just like all other technologies in computing. The pace of these transformations has seen more accel Continue Reading...
Healthcare: Clinical Integration
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What is clinical integration
History of clinical integration
Goals of clinical integration
Importance of clinical integration
Health reform
New payment models
IT advancement
Barriers to clinical int Continue Reading...
Healthcare IT
1. How safe do you think the “safe harbor” of HIPAA’s 18 fields is? Why?
There are two approaches towards HIPAA-compliant de-identification of PHI. These are expert determination and safe harbor (U.S. Department of Hea Continue Reading...
A1. Advantages and Disadvantages of a System
All health information systems (HIS) come with great advantages and some disadvantages that must be taken in account to keep patients safe. A HIS is a system that captures, retains information, and helps m Continue Reading...
Code §70.41.250
The RCW 70.41.250 is a law that provides cost disclosure to health care providers. It is a state law that offers some control over the spiraling expenses of health care by creating transparency within hospital and medical bills Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Role of Health Information Management (HIM) Operations Managers in Ensuring Data Integrity:
This essay will explore the critical function of HIM Operations Managers in maintaining the accuracy, con Continue Reading...
Healthcare Information Technology
Electronic Medical Record:
User friendliness is among the significant factors- probably the most essential factor- hampering extensive usage of Electronic Medical Record EMRs in respiratory therapy within my organi Continue Reading...