Now is the time for health tech to capitalize on legislation moves ; Healthcare heats up with Google on FHIR ; Goodbye, Meaningful Use. CMS renames program “Promoting Interoperability” ; At HIMSS, Seema Verma announces MyHealthEData initiative, stresses putting patients first
Meaningful use is a federal incentive program designed to promote the adoption of electronic health records. Learn more about the three stages, requirements and objectives of the program, and find...
In a welcome yet delayed move, CMS finally announced its proposed rule to simplify its Meaningful Use program. While many Healthcare pundits are praising CMS for its sensitivity to physician concer...
Hospital Type (% of All Eligible Hospitals), Attested to Stage 2 Meaningful Use, Attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use ; Large (11%), 95%, 4% ; Medium (36%), 90%, 8% ; Small Rural (11%), 86%, 12%
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed modifications to the meaningful use electronic health record (EHR) system program will make it easier for physicians to achieve success.
58% of patients discontinue use of GLP-1 obesity meds before reaching a meaningful level of weight loss. This presents a challenge to payers deciding on coverage.
This issue brief discusses the history of meaningful use, the measures used to evaluate effectiveness, and the policy implications of the HHS requirements. There is a longstanding...
Imagine a universal personal assistant delivering what we need when we need it ; Dialing down the noise ; Messages with higher relevance ; “It means that when you log in to Workplace it will help you find what you need to do your job properly”
Introduction ; Machines have long served as instruments of war, but historically humans have always dictated how they are used. The evolution of technology has the potential to change that reality, and the implications are profoundly disturbing. According to experts in artificial intelligence, fully autonomous weapons, which would select and engage targets without meaningful human control, could be developed for use within years, not decades.[1] Also known as “killer robots,” these weapons would have the power to make life-and-death determi ...
Sebastopol, CA—"Healthcare is going digital and that is going to change one of the most important aspects of our lives," says Fred Trotter (@fredtrotter), coauthor of Meaningful Use and Beyond: A Guide for IT Staff in Health Care (O'Reilly Media, $19.99 USD). "For some of us, that will mean new jobs with new responsibilities, but for all of us, it will change how healthcare is delivered." · If you're ready to take your IT skills to the healthcare industry, Meaningful Use and Beyond provides a candid assessment of the US healthcare system as ...