The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has added three certification programs for EHRs. This is good news. Adding more specialties, namely, behavior health, dermatology ...

Although federal EHR incentive programs have been a shot in the arm for physicians adopting the digital systems, new findings highlight a potential detrimental effect on patient care arising from ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) ...

Seventeen total states have launched their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and 11 of them have paid a total of $114.4 million to qualifying physicians and hospitals, according to a Government Health ...

As VA struggle with costs and DOD completes its rollout, artificial intelligence offers a path forward for electronic health records. While electronic health records systems have seen significant ...

The American Medical Association, along with 95 state and specialty medical societies, submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the proposed rule outlining the ...

Indictment Issued for False Statements to CMS and Aggravated Identity Theft It was just a matter of time before the CMS EHR Incentive audit process uncovered alleged actions so severe that there was ...

Background and Goal: This study tested whether a referral order inside the Epic electronic health record (EHR) could help primary care clinicians refer patients to community-based diabetes prevention ...

Healthcare organizations continue to face ongoing challenges related to clinician turnover – driven in large part by burnout and dissatisfaction with electronic health records. Beyond that human toll, ...