HIT Consultant
APRIL 22, 2024
As recently as 2023, between 30 and 47 percent of hospitals across all sizes reported still using fax or mail to send and receive patient records, according to the Government Accountability Office. This drove the use of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) in acute care hospitals to 84 percent by 2015.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The federal government has been haranguing vendors and clinicians to make interoperable systems since the HITECH act was passed in 2009. The standardization of documentation for prior authorization also enables physicians to submit requests within their familiar electronic medical record systems, reducing the burden on providers.
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AIHC
APRIL 10, 2024
Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. This act was signed into law by President Obama back in 2009. HITECH is a critical aspect of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH?
AIHC
APRIL 10, 2024
Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. This act was signed into law by President Obama back in 2009. HITECH is a critical aspect of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH?
Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2018
In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), less formally known as the Stimulus Bill. A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). GDP, in 2018.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
A recent study in a JAMA publication, “Prevalence and Sources of Duplicate Information in the Electronic Medical Record,” helps drive discussion of bloat forward by focusing on one manifestation: the duplication of text from one patient note to another. Follow the money.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 13, 2022
At the time, the 2009 HITECH Act and the introduction of the Meaningful Use program represented a momentous step in healthcare’s digital transformation. Jon-Michael Smith, Head of Healthcare & Life Science Analytics – Data Integration at Qlik.
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