One of my professional organizations has a forum for members to help us stay connected about hot topics. I got my chuckle of the day when one member referred to scope creep on federal…
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Rules and regulations are put into place in order to keep people safe, on both the administrator end and the user end. This is especially important in the field of healthcare, where we are…
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The number of release of information (ROI) requests in healthcare continues to grow. Banner Health transformed their ROI process with automation from MRO and new workflows to better handle the increased volume. See the…
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For the 63rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by CT Lin, MD, CMIO at UCHealth-Colorado to talk about patient messaging. To kick off the episode we…
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Healthcare providers who engage in information blocking could be on the hook for significant financial penalties, if proposed rules published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week are put into…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 30, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of…
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Registration is open and agendas have been published for the 2023 ONC Annual Meeting, to be held December 14-15 in Washington, DC. Hot topics include artificial intelligence in healthcare, public health standards, policymaking, and…
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EHRA members and healthcare IT vendors are optimistic about complying with information-sharing regulations as penalties for information blocking begin. Despite ongoing regulatory developments, industry collaboration has enabled readiness for wider electronic health information (EHI)…
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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General will begin enforcing information blocking penalties today, which include potential compliance violations for “acts and omissions” and penalties up to $1 million.Info blocking,…
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