Medicaid Doctors and Dentists Gaming the EHR Incentive Program
In order to get the EHR incentive money, Medicaid Doctors and Dentists are only required to purchase the equipment. They can, technically, just buy it and do anything with Meaningful Use. Recently, Dentrix recently partnered with Henry Schein to get access to this money. In this post, the legality of doing this, with no intention of actually passing Meaningful Use standards, is discussed.
SCOTUS Decision and Healthcare IT
The recent decision on the “Affordable Health Act” has gotten the attention of many people across the country. Will this decision affect the IT and EHR world? This post delves into that question, as well as addresses how the SCOTUS decision will impact healthcare reimbursement.
My Presentation Submission to 2012 mHealth Summit
Many doctors are hesitant to embrace mHealth. Dr. Michael Koriwchak submitted a talk to the 2012 mHealth Summit, explaining why he feels this is the case. This post gives a basic overview of his talk, which is split into three sections: 1) addressing practicing physicians concerns about mHealth, 2) addressing the culture differences between physician and HIT communities and, 3) outlining the concessions both physicians and the HIT community need to make in order to facilitate communication, promote adoption of mHealth, and improve the quality of mHealth products.
Combating Mobile Health Threats: 13 Tips Everyone Should Read
There is a big concern for the security of mHealth, and rightfully so. With all the intelligence to create this technology, there’s people out there wanting to steal information from it. An article a mhimss.com created a list of 13 tips for “combating mobile health threats”. Read the tips and other commentary this week over at Smart Phone Health Care.
App Created to Connect Patients With Doctors Immediately
Consult-a-Doctor is a program designed to connect users with a doctor without ever leaving their home. This cloud-based program is available for the iPhone and requires a subscription. Patients are able to access live medical consultations, treatment, and even receive prescriptions through this program.
RockHealth Startup Elements: Product Design with Dave Morin
RockHealth has created a series of videos concerning the elements of starting up a healthcare company. The video featured this week on EHR and EMR Videos features David Morin talking about Product Design. To check out other videos in the series, some of them are posted here.
$34 Million Series C Funding for Practice Fusion
Practice Fusion brought their total funding to over $64 million, with $34 million coming from recent Series C Funding. Although Practice Fusion seems to be one of the major players in the EHR world, there are some complications that may make it difficult to live up to this $64 million financing.
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