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Telehealth in a Medical Practice…here to stay and how to do it!
Telehealth in a medical practice is here to stay! One of the biggest recent changes in the healthcare industry is how people access their doctors. One of the consequences of…
How to use Telehealth in Clinical Practice (Telemedicine)
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought to the forefront an increased need to implement and utilize Telehealth in Clinical Practice. The $2 trillion stimulus package includes $185M for Telehealth (Telemedicine), at…
Medical Device Cybersecurity – 4 Steps to Take.
As if the headlines today are not scary enough, now we have to be worried – very worried, it seems – about medical device cybersecurity! Reports of hacking and other…
EHR Replacement and Selection – 4 must answer questions
EHR replacement is one of the most important decisions you make in a medical practice. There is a reason you are considering a switch to a new electronic health records…
Ransomware and HIPAA
Ransomware and HIPAA: the Federal Government has recently issued two resource documents: the first discusses protecting your network from ransomware, the second, a Ransomware and HIPAA fact sheet. Both are…
Healthcare Cyber Attacks! Is your Organization at Risk?
We’ve all heard of the recent healthcare cyber attacks on organizations like 21st Century Oncology Holdings and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Although these were two very different cyber attacks, nonetheless…
Healthcare Cyber Insurance – are you keeping up your end?
Healthcare Cyber Insurance is pretty much mandatory. Proliferation of medical information created, maintained and transmitted by and between healthcare providers and organizations of all types, is increasing. Healthcare Cyber Insurance…
EHR Patient Portal – Get the most out of yours!
For most practices implementing an EHR Patient Portal is a new experience. The Meaningful Use Attestation guidelines are putting more and more emphasis in utilizing an EHR Patient Portal in…
OIG 2016 Work Plan – EHR Technology
The OIG 2016 Work Plan, published a few weeks ago, announced reviews of incentive payments for adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR), and plans to conduct security audits of certified…
Medical Malpractice Case – will your EHR support you?
A medical malpractice case is always an unpleasant surprise. You may second-guess your actions, or wonder if your insurance company and the attorney they assign are going to do a…
eHealth – what is it and why should I care? Answers from the expert!
What is eHealth? Why should I as a healthcare organization bother about eHealth? What benefits are to be expected from eHealth? And what should we do, if anything? These questions…
The eHealth Initiative – what are the current incentives?
The eHealth initiative is still very hard to discern among all the chatter, even the WHO is addressing the eHealth initiative. Is the eHealth initiative just another new buzzword to…
Telemedicine and eHealth
Telemedicine and ehealth is about the development and improvement of health care by means of telemedicine and internet technology. Terms like eHealth, mHealth, healthIT, to mention a few, are common…
eHealth Initiative
eHealth initiatives make up a world wide trend. The related eHealth technology, the eHealth forums, and eHealth social media is confirming this trend. Although there is no single unanimous definition,…
Meaningful Use Attestation Deadline Fast Approaching for 2013
An important deadline is coming up for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Hospitals who are planning to complete meaningful use attestation for certified EHR technology (CEHRT) for 2013. The last day…
EHR Replacement is a Growing Trend – here’s how to avoid more mistakes
Surprisingly large numbers of EHR replacements are being planned. This according a 2013 Black Book Rankings survey in which they entitled their press release on the subject, “Electronic Health…
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Measures … a Unique Meaningful Use Matrix
We’re a ways into this now. And meaningful use of electronic health records is continuing to evolve. While Meaningful use Stage 1 is still relevant, Meaningful Use Stage 2 Measures…
Meaningful Use Stage 2 – The Final Rule is out!
On August 23, 2012, CMS issued the final rule on Meaningful Use Stage 2 criteria. This rule covers the Sage 2 criteria for Eligible Professionals (EPs), Eligible Hospitals (EHs) and…
The Meaningful Use Audit – Coming to a location near you soon!
With both Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ready to step up the policing of the HITECH Act’s EHR incentive payments, it looks…