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The privacy/security tiger doesn't have any teeth
Amid the recent firestorm of debate and controversial regulation aimed at curing the nation's healthcare system, significant effort and focus have been paid to matters of availability of care and to
Few hospitals meet all core measures for meaningful use
Hospitals seem to be a long way from meeting Stage 1 "meaningful use" requirements for Medicare Part A's 2011 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, if the preliminary results of a HIMSS Analytics survey
CMS says 'meaningful use' Stage 2 will make optional measures mandatory
A lot of people were disappointed that the recently released standards for meaningful use of EMRs only covered Stage 1 of the program--2011-12--leaving them without much of a roadmap to plan for
EHR implementations open 'cans of compliance worms'
In case hospitals didn't have enough to do while implementing EHRs in time to earn federal stimulus money, EHRs can open up "brand-new cans of compliance worms," reports AIS' Health Business Daily.
