The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act will offer stimulus funding to eligible providers who achieve ‘meaningful use’ of electronic health records. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/achieving-meaningful-use-of-electronic-medical-records-to-get-stimulus-funding/#more-1182" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Achieving ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Medical Records to Get Stimulus Funding">(more…)</span></a>
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Finance Committee and former Chairman of the Small Business Committee, today introduced legislation to help family doctors modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/legislation-introduced-to-help-doctors-fund-medical-records/#more-1180" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Legislation Introduced to Help Doctors Fund Medical Records">(more…)</span></a>
<p dir="ltr">The federal government intends to implement a basic level of initial 2011 criteria for meaningful use of electronic health records systems to determine who will receive Medicare and Medicaid incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/meaningful-use-of-ehrs-to-be-basic-in-2011/#more-1167" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ‘Meaningful Use’ of EHRs to be Basic in 2011">(more…)</span></a></p>
On the front cover of the July 2009 edition of HealthData management “Hoosier How-To: An in-depth look at how Fort Wane, Indiana has made major headway in hopital and physician connectivity.” <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/fort-wayne-above-national-averages-for-ehr-adoption/#more-1146" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Fort Wayne Above National Averages for EHR Adoption">(more…)</span></a>
You can make a difference! As a provider and future user of electronic health record (EHR) technology, you have an opportunity to comment on what you think “meaningful use” of an EHR should mean. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/comment-opportunities-on-meaningful-use-for-ehr/#more-1142" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Comment Opportunities on “Meaningful Use” for EHR">(more…)</span></a>
In sharp contrast to advice from Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), that <a title="HHIT Blog on emr rollout for stimulus" href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/blog/2009/02/19/stimulus-demands-quick-rollout-of-emr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now is the time to begin planning the roll out of electronic health records</a>; <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mgma-ceo-advises-to-take-it-slow-on-stimulus/#more-1103" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MGMA CEO Advises to Take It Slow on Stimulus">(more…)</span></a>
In 2009 and 2010, your medical practice may realize a 2% gain in Medicare reimbursements. What’s the catch? You need to trade in your prescription pads for e-prescribing technology. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/incentives-to-doctors-for-prescribing-electronically/#more-1037" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Incentives to Doctors for Prescribing Electronically">(more…)</span></a>