Are vendors and providers on the same page when it comes to their top priorities? In some areas, yes, but in others, the gulf is widening, says Lorren Pettit, who breaks down the results of the HIMSS Leadership and Workforce Survey.
EMR Usability and The Productivity Paradox
Scanning The Quality Payment Program Final Rule
CHIME: Hospitals Not Ready for Electronic Data Reporting
CHIME leaders are concerned that hospitals aren’t prepared to submit accurate and complete quality data via EHRs. In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the organization said it supports efforts to create a standardized system for electronic clinical quality measurement (CQM) and align EHR-based reporting and hospital quality reporting programs. […]
KLAS: Quality Reporting Dwarfs Other MU Concerns
Most providers have not attested for Meaningful Use Stage 1, frequently citing quality measures and reporting as their biggest challenges. That has them increasingly reaching out to consultants for assistance, according to the KLAS report Rapid Growth of Meaningful Use Consulting: Why Providers Are Reaching Out.. User adoption, software upgrades, and updates also rank high […]
CHIME To AHRQ: Abstractors Still A Factor
In a comment letter submitted to AHRQ in response to its RFI on the convergence of health IT and clinical quality measures, CHIME urged the organization not to bite off more than the industry can chew. Specifically, that means accepting the fact that abstractors will remain part of the data collection process for some time, […]
Chris Van Pelt, CIO, Indiana University Health, Chapter 1
Sonya Christian, CIO, West Georgia Health System, Chapter 1
CHIME Recommends 90-Day Reporting Window for MU Stage 2
In comments submitted earlier this week, CHIME is calling for the creation of a 90-day reporting period for the first payment year of Stage 2 Meaningful Use. In comments filed with both CMS and ONC, CHIME also identified concerns related to CMS’ varying approach to clinical quality measures (CQMs) and provided recommendations on all 42 […]