If 2012 promises anything for physicians, it’s a year full of IT challenges. Whether it’s Version 5010 compliance, the achievement of EHR meaningful use or the sharing of data with HIEs and ACOs; there will be some work to do on the technology front. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/need-skilled-affordable-it-personnel-outsource-it/#more-1430" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Need Skilled, Affordable IT Personnel? Outsource it.">(more…)</span></a>
<p id="article-teaser">According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 18,619 eligible professionals registered for the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs last month. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-meaningful-use-registration-stats-updated-by-cms/#more-1427" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Meaningful Use Registration Stats Updated by CMS">(more…)</span></a></p>
A new report that surveyed over 200 radiologists about the meaningful use of electronic health records has recently been released from vendor research firm KLAS Enterprises. KLAS partnered with the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to survey over 200 radiologists. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/radiologists-and-meaningful-use-a-klas-report/#more-1414" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Radiologists and ‘Meaningful Use’, A KLAS Report">(more…)</span></a>
CMS has developed a web tool to help providers determine in which EHR Incentive Program they are eligible to participate. The tool can be found on the CMS EHR Incentive Programs website: <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-meaningful-use-eligibility-widget/#more-1412" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS Meaningful Use Eligibility Widget">(more…)</span></a>
<a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/">Harmony Healthcare IT</a> corporate partner Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), based in Fort Wayne, IN, recently announced that The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (GW-MFA) is utilizing its WebChart EHR to collect, track and manage medical information gathered from field physicals in the Middle East. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/webchart-ehr-manages-military-physicals-and-maritime-medicine-worldwide/#more-1408" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading WebChart EHR Manages Military Physicals and Maritime Medicine Worldwide">(more…)</span></a>
Attestations and payments for Meaningful Use of electronic health records, while off to a slow start, are starting to increase in volume. Year-to-date, under the Meaningful Use program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payouts are just under $400 million. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-meaningful-use-payments-increasing-steadily/#more-1401" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Meaningful Use Payments Increasing Steadily">(more…)</span></a>
With less than 90 days until the end of 2011, providers who are eligible for stimulus funding from the <a href="https://www.cms.gov/ehrincentiveprograms/30_Meaningful_Use.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CMS EHR Incentive Program</a> should already be in the midst of their attestation period. To qualify for meaningful use funds in 2011, you must report stage 1 meaningful use compliance for a consecutive 90-day period. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/still-time-to-get-ehr-meaningful-use-stage-1-dollars/#more-1399" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Still Time to Get EHR Meaningful Use Stage 1 Dollars">(more…)</span></a>
It’s time to check in on the CMS Medicare EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Program timetable: <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-medicare-ehr-incentive-program-deadlines/#more-1393" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS Medicare EHR Incentive Program Deadlines">(more…)</span></a>
According to iHealthBeat, about 13,000 eligible health care providers signed up in August for the meaningful use program, an increase of 30% from July. That’s in addition to the 90,000 health care providers that had registered for the electronic health record meaningful use incentive program by the end of August. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-meaningful-use-registrations-on-the-rise/#more-1387" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Meaningful Use Registrations On the Rise">(more…)</span></a>