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SENATE PASSES RX MONITORING BILL, REJECTS DRUG TRAFFICKER REGISTRY
The top prescribers of controlled substances like Vicodin or OxyContin would be required to immediately enroll in the state’s prescription monitoring program, and others would be forced to follow suit over the next three years under legislation passed by the Senate on Thursday.
Learn MoreMedicare Advantage Premiums down 7 percent on Average, Enrollment up 10 percent
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 - Medicare Advantage premiums have fallen by 7 percent on average and enrollment has risen by about 10 percent since this time last year, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
Learn MorePrivacy and Security Mobile Device Good Practices Project Launched
JANUARY 25, 2012 - ONC’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO), in working with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently launched a Privacy & Security Mobile Device project.
Learn MoreMostashari: Meaningful use to reach new heights
JANUARY 11, 2012 - WASHINGTON – “In 2012, meaningful use will soar," National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari asserted at the Jan.
Learn MoreCMS EHR Incentive Programs paid $2.5B in 2011
JANUARY 10, 2012 - The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid more than $2.5 billion to physicians and hospitals in incentive payments for all of 2011, with December contributing to the steep growth curve.
Learn MoreThe Direct Project
DECEMBER 2011 - The Direct Project: Scalable, cost-effective, secure transport of patient health information via the internet. Read more.
Learn MoreWe Can’t Wait: Faster Adoption of Health Information Technology
Secretary Sebelius announced in this proposal that providers who adopt an ONC-ATCB certified EHR in 2011 will have until the end of February 2012 to meet Stage 1 meaningful use.
Learn MoreCounty physician practices slowly moving into e-world
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 - Local physician practices that are still operating on paper records are making headway in the slow and often complicated migration to electronic medical records, according to a state agency assisting in the process.
Learn MoreMedicine Enters A New Era
Worcester Business Journal
November 7, 2011
Slowly but surely, electronic medical records systems are coming together at area hospitals, the result of concerted efforts and big investments over the past five years.
Learn MoreCape hospital records go electronic
capecodonline.com
November 6, 2011
HYANNIS — It won't be long before paper charts at patients' bedsides at Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals are a thing of the past, replaced by electronic medical records systems that keep digital records of lab reports and vital signs.
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