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Certified EHR for Behavioral Healthcare: The Path to Payment
Certified EHR for Behavioral Healthcare: The Path to Payment
Core Solutions, Inc.
It’s in the newspaper and on TV. It has enthusiastic advocates and fervent opponents. The web is inundated with debates and discussions surrounding its benefits, drawbacks, and everything in between. It is virtually impossible not to hear about it or be affected by it.
Healthcare reform.
Whether or not people agree on the government’s strategy, it has been set in motion with the hope that it will improve the ...
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How to Select an EHR Vendor
How to Select an Electronic Health Record System
These 12 steps will help make the selection process easier and lead you to the EHR that's right for your practice.
By Kenneth G. Adler, MD, MMM
Article Originally Appeared at AAFP
So you've decided to purchase an electronic health record (EHR) system, and your initial research reveals that more than 200 companies claim to make an EHR. You've barely started looking, and already you feel overwhelmed. A natural tendency might be to c...
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The Stimulus Package and the States: How EHR Development is Developing
The Stimulus Package and the States: How EHR Development is Developing
By Kaye Eisele
With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 set in motion, $45 billion has been allocated for the development of national electronic healthcare records (EHRs). Approximately $17 billion of these federal funds has been appropriated for state Medicaid organizations that have already begun distributing these funds to individual states. As of February 2010, 14 states have rece...
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Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Definitions and Implications
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Definitions and Implications
By Nancy Stafford
For those following the national quest to adopt electronic health records (EHRs), it is common knowledge that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) released the proposed definitions for “meaningful use” of EHRs on Dec. 30, 2009. The goal behind developing these definitions was to cultivate EHR continuity as the medical community adopts the technology to advance patient safety, heal...
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CCHIT Certification Update for Electronic Health Records: Is Your Agency Up to the Gamble?
CCHIT Certification Update for Electronic Health Records: Is Your Agency Up to the Gamble?
By Kaye Eisele
Should behavioral health specialists follow Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology’s (CCHIT’s) suggestions to gain certification even before ONC has officially defined what constitutes meaningful use in all electronic health records (EHRs), including mental health and substance abuse records?
For now, the answer may be yes. After all, CCHIT has been at...
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Adolescent EHRs: Taking Confidentiality One Step Further
Adolescent EHRs: Taking Confidentiality One Step Further
By Kaye Eisele
Adolescence is a challenging time of life. Not only are teens learning to navigate through the transition from childhood to adulthood, they are also learning to communicate independently to healthcare providers about their individual care. When confidentiality is observed between the adolescent and health care provider, open communication and trust flourish, thus providing the teen with a solid base in w...
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EHR Consultants: Do You Need One?
EHR Consultants: Do You Need One?
By Nancy Stafford
Practices of all types are budgeting and planning for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. They are stepping out of their comfort zone to be more efficient as they advance into the electronic age. The American Health Information Management Association suggests that the first step towards an EHR system is to have a well thought out plan and know exactly what your practice needs in an EHR system. Break it down to manageable steps. T...
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The Importance of EHRs in Foster Care Systems
Posted by Kaye, 10/12/2009 4:07 PM. |
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EHRs in Behavioral Health: Left out in the Cold or Just Warming Up?
EHRs in Behavioral Health: Left out in the Cold or Just Warming Up?
By Kaye Eisele
Electronic health records in behavioral health most definitely seem to bewell on their way to being left out in the cold. In fact, they may not even be slightly warm. As privacy advocates see it, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to struggle in the face of EHR rulings for confidentiality that has many behavioral health advocates up in arms. Almost everyone is pol...
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