Tag Archive for ‘Meaningful Use’

Getting Your Healthcare House in Order in 2012

What does it take to get your healthcare house in order for the New Year? Chad recaps a recent webinar from IBM’s Director of Healthcare Products for Information Management, Sean Cassidy, and discusses how to start building a trusted healthcare information platform.

More Big Changes Ahead in Healthcare – Is Your House in Order?

Are you getting your healthcare house in order to prepare for Meaningful Use, payment reform and other changes? Michelle Blackmer identifies three key steps that can help you on your journey, and poses several questions for consideration.

Get Your Healthcare House in Order

Before they can worry about Meaningful Use or accountable care, healthcare organizations must get their own houses in order. Michelle has three steps to ensure you’re ready to tackle the next health IT challenges.

Braving Privacy Storms for “The Greater Good”

On Data Privacy Day, Lorraine reflects on the ongoing discussion around privacy for healthcare, and working towards the greater good.

Notes from the ONC Tiger Team

Lorraine recaps her impressions of last week’s ONC Privacy and Security Tiger Team hearings, which focused on the need for accurate patient matching.

Testifying to the ONC on Matching Patient Records

Lorraine reports from Washington, D.C. and previews Dr. Scott Schumacher’s testimony to the Office of the National Coordinator’s HIT Policy Committee.

Different Paths to HIE: New Mexico & Louisiana

The most interesting part of working with health information exchanges (HIEs) is hearing the trials and tribulations that lead to their success. Anju describes how two very different states – New Mexico and Louisiana – have found their own paths to HIE success.

Questions from MMIS: Next Steps for HIEs

Marty reacts to the recent Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) Conference with a host of questions that are still awaiting answers.

Five More Tips to Support Meaningful Use via EMPI and SaaS

Penny Schyler expands on tips she recently read about meeting meaningful use with five tips of her own, all supported by combining enterprise master person indexes (EMPIs) for patients and providers with a Software as a Service (SaaS) based intelligent information sharing platform.

Two States, Two Approaches to HIE

Chad examines two very different approaches to building a statewide health information exchange. New Jersey and New Mexico face the same challenge but are employing different tactics to foster data exchange success.