Health Information Technology (HIT) Resources for Practice E-Prescribing Resources Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Website is now available on CMS.gov!
(Posted 6/28/10) The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) has launched the official website for the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. This website provides the most up-to-date, detailed information about the EHR incentive programs. The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals and hospitals as they adopt, implement, upgrade, or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology. Bookmark this site and visit http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/ often to learn about who is eligible for the programs, how to register, meaningful use, upcoming EHR training and events, and much more!
Medicare's E-Prescribing Incentive for NPs
(Posted 6/30/09) A new law offers financial incentives for implementing e-prescribing. Click here to read the article published in ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners on June 22, 2009.
AHRQ Reports Consumers’ Perceptions of Electronic Health Information Systems
(Posted 10/1/09) AHRQ’s National Resource Center for Health Information Technology has released a new resource on consumers’ opinions of electronic health information systems. The report, titled Consumer Engagement in Developing Electronic Health Information Systems, provides an in-depth understanding of consumers' health care awareness, beliefs, perceptions, and fears concerning health IT. Results of the focus groups suggest that participants were optimistic that health IT would benefit health care quality. Privacy and security were the main concern of a large majority of participants. Participants also thought that computers may add efficiency to health care and reduce medical errors, such as those associated with illegible handwriting. However, some participants were concerned that health IT might make providers more impersonal, devoting more attention to the computer screen and less to the patient. Click here to download and view the new resource. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform (TIGER) The TIGER Initiative aims to enable practicing nurses and nursing students to fully engage in the unfolding digital electronic era in healthcare. The purpose of the initiative is to identify information/knowledge management best practices and effective technology capabilities for nurses. TIGER's goal is to create and disseminate action plans that can be duplicated within nursing and other multidisciplinary healthcare training and workplace settings. Learn more about TIGER. To participate in the TIGER National Healthcare IT Wiki, click here.
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