Health Information Technology

Information about health information technology, including Electronic Health Records and billing systems.

• Are you really ready for an EMR in your office? Just as fax machines became a standard in the 1970s, and computers and cell phones ubiquitous in the 1990s, electronic medical records will be the standard in the near future.  Like it or not, u...

• Do you need an Electronic Medical Records system? Everyone by now has at least heard the rhetoric (good and bad) about electronic medical records systems (EMRs) for physician offices.  Some of the readers of this may even have one installed....

• OCR Privacy and Security Audits The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, in Section 13411 of the HITECH Act, requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for periodic audits to ensure covered ent...

• Register for EHR Incentive Program Registration for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is now open....

• HIT Incentives for Obstetrician-Gynecologists Information on the federal incentive program for the use of health information technology (HIT) in obstetrician-gynecologists practices....

• Need help choosing an EHR Regional Extension Centers are funded through the HITECH Act to help physicians select and implement an EHR system through outreach and support services....

• ONC Certified Health IT Product List In order to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payments, providers must use EHR technology/products that have been certified by an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Informati...