<a href="http://www.softwareadvice.com/medical/electronic-medical-record-software-comparison/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Software Advice</a>, a trusted resource for medical software buyers, recently published results of a long-term study following demand drivers among prospective buyers of electronic health records (EHR) software. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/hitechs-impact-on-ehr-implementations/#more-1493" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading HITECH’s Impact on EHR Implementations">(more…)</span></a>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently launched a website aimed at educating eligible healthcare professionals on electronic health record (EHR) incentives. View <a href="http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the website</a>. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-launches-website-for-ehr-incentives/#more-1255" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentives">(more…)</span></a>
The Senate stripped out provisions in a pending jobs bill that would have put hospital-based physicians who treated outpatients in line to receive health IT incentives under the HITECH Act. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/bill-to-expand-ehr-incentives-to-hospital-outpatient-docs-stripped/#more-1190" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Bill to Expand EHR Incentives to Hospital Outpatient Docs Stripped">(more…)</span></a>
The Senate Finance Committee today released the draft of a jobs bill that removes a ban against physicians in hospital-based outpatient clinics from participating in the health IT incentives in the HITECH Act. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/draft-bill-expands-ehr-incentives-to-outpatient-docs/#more-1186" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Draft Bill Expands EHR Incentives to Outpatient Docs">(more…)</span></a>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) encourage public comment on two regulations issued on December 30, 2009 that lay a foundation for improving quality, <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-and-onc-issue-regulations-proposing-a-definition-of-meaningful-use-and-setting-standards-for-ehr/#more-1184" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of Meaningful Use and Setting Standards for EHR">(more…)</span></a>