Today, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new site that is basically an everything you wanted to know about meaningful use, ARRA, the HITECH Act, certified EHRs, etc., but were afraid to ask. This is a reasonable attempt by CMS to get as much information online, in one location, that addresses [...]
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Ramping Up for MU Rules, CMS Launches New Site
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, tagged CMS, HHS, HITECH Act, ARRA, meaningful use on June 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Part One: Stage One Meaningful Use Winners
Posted in CMS, EHR, EMR, HIT, HL 7, eRx, policy, standards, tagged ARRA, CMS, HHS, HITECH Act, meaningful use, ONC on January 3, 2010 | 6 Comments »
As required by legislation in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), HHS/CMS released rules for the meaningful use of certified EHRs before the end of 2009 (late the afternoon of Dec. 30th). Others have already written plenty on what is actually stated in these rules, therefore, let’s take a look at the potential winners [...]
Meaningful Use Rules Hit the Streets
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIE, HIT, RHIO, eRx, policy, standards, tagged CCHIT, CMS, HITECH Act, ARRA, meaningful use on December 31, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Late yesterday afternoon, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) who holds the big bucket of ARRA incentive funds for EHR adoption, released two major documents for public review and comment that will basically define healthcare IT for the next decade. The first document, at 136 pgs, titled: Health Information Technology: Initial Set of [...]
Quiet for the Holiday Break
Posted in EHR, policy, tagged ARRA, CMS on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Will be quiet here at Chilmark Research as I take a break to be with family in the western offices of Chilmark Research. Though I’ll be skiing as much as conceivably possible, in the early mornings before the lifts open or evenings, if I have any energy left, I’ll check the news, various sites keeping [...]
Sweet Rewards for HIT Vendors with Final Stimulus Package
Posted in EHR, HIE, HIT, RHIO, eRx, policy, tagged CCHIT, ONC, CMS, Stimulus Bill, HITEACH Act, CONNECT NHIN, NIST on February 13, 2009 | 20 Comments »
We can hear the champagne bottles popping in legacy healthcare information technology (HIT) vendors offices across the country as they celebrate what is arguably the biggest windfall in their history, the HITECH Act and its $19.2B, that is tucked into the Stimulus Bill which President Obama will likely sign on Monday. Unlike other aspects of [...]
Feds Launch Two PHR Initiatives This Week
Posted in CCD, CCR, EHR, EMR, Health Cloud, PHR, consumer health, policy, tagged CMS, HHS, Surgeon General on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week, the feds made two announcements that have pertinence to the PHR market. CMS PHR Demo Launches in AZ & UT First, CMS announced the launch of the trial PHR program for Medicare members in AZ and UT. Beneficiaries can chose a PHR that fits their specific needs and have it pre-populated with up [...]
Strong Competition for CMS Demo
Posted in PHR, tagged CMS, HHS on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just got word this morning, competition for CMS PHR demo for AZ & UT was extremely high. CMS & Nordian (CMS’s private administrator for that region who will oversee the project) received a total of 44 proposals. Of the 44 submitted, 17 met the criteria for deep review and consideration. Of those 17 , only [...]
HIT Market Projections ala Obama
Posted in consumer health, policy, telehealth, tagged HIT, CMS, healthcare IT, AHIC, Obama on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The pundits are out beginning to comment on what the Obama administration will mean to the healthcare IT market. One of the leading HIT spokespersons, John Halamka made his predictions earlier this week. Today, I came across a fairly lengthy article in CNN Money. At first thought of critiquing both, found the CNN article to [...]
PHR Certification Looking for Input
Posted in PHR, Privacy, Security, consumer health, policy, tagged CCHIT, CMS on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now, I am no fan of the whole CCHIT initiative to develop a certification process for PHRs as this market is far too immature. But continue on they do and whether I like it or not matters little for the simple fact that a gargantuan organization representing millions, (hint their acronym is CMS) will demand [...]
Policy Pundits Weigh In On HIT Adoption
Posted in EHR, EMR, Google, Microsoft, consumer health, policy, tagged CMS, Health Affiars, Kolodner, Markle Foundation on August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The journal Health Affairs released yesterday three papers that address issues revolving around HIT adoption. Quick synopsis follows with my views in italics. The first, by Carol Diamond (Markle Foundation) and Clay Shirky (Prof. at NYU) provides a thoughtful analysis on why the current government focus on standards and certification processes for HIT may be [...]
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