Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established new standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of health care information. There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g.,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued three new FAQs clarifying how to attest to certain meaningful use measures for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs under the final rule modifying meaningful use requirements for 2015-2017.
AHA Members-only Webinar: Hospital Challenges with the Use of Electronic Health Records to Generate Clinical Quality Measures
The AHA will host a free 60-minute webinar, Hospital Challenges with the Use of Electronic Health Records to Generate Clinical Quality Me
To assist hospitals in working with health information technology \(IT\) vendors to achieve meaningful use, the AHA has developed the following guidelines for EHR contracting. These guidelines address the most common issues for hospitals thatlicense EHR software applications and/or obtain related…