The medical group is currently expanding its main facility to include a patient check-in kiosk, coffee bar, and children's play area.

The group will adopt the ChartLogic EHR Suite including the ChartLogic EMR, ChartLogic Document Management, ChartLogic ePrescribe, ChartLogic Patient Portal and ChartLogic Practice Management. ChartLogic's EHR is fully certified and designed for specialty practice workflows, serving some 2,000 physicians nationwide. More than 300 ChartLogic customers have qualified for meaningful use incentives to date.

According to Delilah Prieto, administrator, ChartLogic's easy-to-use, customizable, templates will aid the practice in transitioning from paper to electronic medical records.

"At Las Cruces Orthopaedic Associates, we pride ourselves on providing patients a nice office experience, as well as quality medical care. We are transitioning to an EHR to decrease wait times, and create a secure, efficient system for our patients. ChartLogic meets all of those needs," said Prieto.

ChartLogic's EHR will allow all the physicians in group to work from a single database, seamlessly charting assessments, diagnoses, surgical interventions and treatments, and rehabilitation instructions via voice input.

"The ChartLogic EHR has a flexible interface making it easily configurable to suit the needs of large and small practices. For practices transitioning from paper to electronic records, our PrecisionVoice technology provides an advanced version of traditional dictation systems, which are preferred by many specialists. ChartLogic offers more orthopedic content than any other EHR including templates, macros, flowsheets and patient education materials," said Zubin Emsley, chief executive officer of ChartLogic.

Contact:

Eric Sorenson
ericsorenson@chartlogic.com
VP, Marketing, 801-365-1815

James Harris
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Westside Public Relations 310-398-5565

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

E-prescribing is one of the requirements for meaningful use, as most physicians well know. Physicians can either use a stand-alone e-prescribe module or a complete electronic health records (EHR) product that includes e-prescribing capabilities. By the end of 2011, 58 percent of office-based physicians had adopted an e-prescribing system. This is an almost 50 percent jump from just three years prior.

Research also indicates that the more acquainted a provider is with their eRx program the more likely they are to use it. For example, providers who started e-prescribing back in 2008 sent electronic prescriptions four times more frequently in 2011 than they did in 2008. Additionally, over a third of those providers had already qualified for meaningful use incentives.

Primary care doctors have achieved the highest level of e-prescribing so far (81 percent), with 11 specialties achieving adoption rates of 60 percent or more. Contrary to prior studies, the Surescripts report reveals that e-prescribing adoption is highest among small practices. In fact, the greatest eRx growth took place among solo practitioners during 2011, increasing 15 percent.

The number of prescriptions submitted electronically grew to 570 million during 2011. Numerous studies have shown that patient adherence to picking up prescriptions increased 10 percent, and if this trend continues, the United States could cut billions of dollars in healthcare costs and improve patient health.

As of February 2012, about 401,000 physicians had adopted eRx software, and over 92 percent of retail pharmacies were actively prescribing. eRx adoption will continue to rise as more doctors join the network, barriers to e-prescribing are diminished, and as e-prescribing becomes standard among medical offices and pharmacies.

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The five key takeaways from Mostashari's comments include the following:

1. Investing in research and development
2. Creating space for new ideas
3. Making data available to developers
4. Regulating standards
5. Promoting competition

With over 700 certified EHR vendors on the market, establishing widespread standards can improve health information exchange. For example, government could require each vendor to use the same medical vocabulary, which would make it easier to share information across medical centers. However, competition must still be allowed to thrive so that EHRs can tackle specific challenges doctors encounter every day, both with electronic health records and with managing patient care.

"Smart regulation can unleash innovation, if we think about the little guy, if we don't make the regulation so that it gives an advantage to the biggest players, to the ones with the ability to navigate the greatest complexity," Mostashari said.

Encouraging creative spaces for developers and providing the data to work with can also foster health IT innovation, Mostashari said.

Stage 2 meaningful use may require extra government participation, not only in incentive payments, but in establishing interoperability standards. Stage 2 will place more emphasis on interoperability than stage 1 has, which means more rules will need to be enforced.

To read more of Mostashari's comments, see White Coat Notes.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

"The SaaS EMR deployment model is becoming more popular for providers who want minimal up-front cost and prefer to give the responsibility of the care and feeding of the software to the vendor," said Erik Bermudez, KLAS research director. "Luckily for providers, there are plenty of good options."

ChartLogic offers both a client-server and cloud-based model for its customers. ChartLogic's newest product, version 8, combines the power of voice with the convenience of the cloud, making it one of the most powerful EHRs on the market. In addition, ChartLogic's Stella, an EHR overlay app, allows doctors to chart using voice on the device of their choice, regardless of the EHR they are currently using.

The KLAS study gathered responses from providers using a cloud-based EHR from a specialized vendor like ChartLogic. Limited hardware expenses and no need for an IT team to keep the system running are two major benefits that are drawing specialists to cloud-based EHRs. Combined with meaningful use incentives offered to eligible professionals who prove they are using certified EHR technology in a meaningful way, doctors are able to do more with less -- eliminate paper, increase accuracy and efficiency, and qualify for government incentives.

For more information on the KLAS study, click here.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

Government incentives, particularly the meaningful use program, are urging physicians and hospitals to ditch their paper systems and adopt electronic health records. Eligible professionals and hospitals will qualify for incentives for the next few years, but beginning in 2015 doctors will be penalized for not using an EHR.

"After 2015, it is no longer voluntary to get EMR and to demonstrate ‘meaningful use' if you are a physician or hospital," said Bruce Carlson, publisher of Kalorama Information. "Medicare will actually reduce payments in reimbursement to physicians for paper submission. . . . This won't happen until 2015 but since that is two years from now, we see it impacting software sales a little this year and very much next year."

As a result, Kalorama expects EHR sales to increase 20 percent from 2012 to 2013.

Physician acceptance of EHRs is also contributing to EHR growth. By now most doctors at least have a plan for EHR implementation, and medical students expect to use an EHR when they begin practicing full time. Vendor competition has helped make EHR technology better, and some vendors, like ChartLogic, have years of experience to draw from in order to create products doctors want to use.

"(EMR) technology continues to improve each year," said Harry Purcell, operations manager at Medical Management Professionals, Inc. "These improvements facilitate system integration, care coordination and patient access to electronic health records." Many doctors are seeing a return on their investment after implementing EHRs, and efficiency and record accuracy has also improved.

See Healthcare Finance News for more information.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

In June, ONC will upload detailed information about the states' progress on EHR adoption, meaningful use attestation, and health information exchange. Information will be presented via charts, maps, and data sets.

Currently, the Health IT Dashboard primarily tracks where ONC has distributed its funding and which states are benefitting the most. Regional Extension Centers (RECs) have received the largest sum, $774 million, so far. Over 140,000 providers have enrolled in an REC, and 11 percent have attested for meaningful use. The dashboard breaks down the stats by primary care field and state.

Over 250 ChartLogic customers have attested for meaningful use. This represents a larger percentage of successful specialty attestations than other EHR vendors. For more information, see www.chartlogic.com.

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"We are experiencing record growth in 2012 as many orthopedists recognize that the ChartLogic EHR is the preferred solution for specialist medical groups because of its ease-of-use and advanced features. This is demonstrated by the fact that more than 300 physician customers of ChartLogic have already qualified for Meaningful Use Stage 1. This represents a higher percentage than most other EHR products," said Zubin Emsley, chief executive officer of ChartLogic.

The new orthopedic groups purchasing the ChartLogic EHR suite are:

-- Comprehensive Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Richardson, TX
-- Premier Pain Institute, Phoenix, AZ
-- Vanda Davidson, MD, Alexandria, LA
-- Michael R. Oberto, MD, Fresno, CA
-- James R. McClurg, MD, San Diego, CA
-- Duc M. Nguyen, MD, Redwood City, CA

Contact:
Eric Sorenson
ericsorenson@chartlogic.com
VP, Marketing, 801-365-1815

James Harris
JHarris@westsidepr.com
Westside Public Relations; 310-398-5565

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1. What Is Privacy & Security and Why Does It Matter?
2. Privacy and & Security and Meaningful Use
3. Privacy & Security 10 Step Plan for Meaningful Use
4. Integrating Privacy and Security into Your Practice 
5. Privacy and Security Resources

The guide is intended to help providers ensure a safe transition to electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs can be a great deal safer than paper records, but different security practices must be enforced. In particular, the guide focuses on what must be done when patients request an electronic copy of their health records and also includes a checklist for risk management. All EHR users are urged to employ strong passwords, to encrypt their data, and to back that data up to a reliable backup system.

The guide notes the different security measures that must be taken for client-server models and cloud-based models. An office-based system give users more control over security, but may require manual updates, and a plan for disaster recovery must be in place. Security in internet-based systems is controlled by the EHR vendor, but the data can be stored in another country to ensure it is safe in the event of a natural disaster.

The guide also includes a 10-step plan for meaningful use.

ONC hopes that this guide will increase trust among providers that data shared electronically will be safe, which will help spur health information forward. If you have questions about meaningful use or data security, please visit www.chartlogic.com.

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The 2013 penalty for not e-prescribing is a 1.5 percent reduction on Medicare claims based on the 2013 fee schedule amounts during the year, according to AMA. EPs can still qualify for eRx incentives (1 percent bonus for 2013, 0.5 percent for 2013). The penalty for not e-prescribing will increase through 2014. EPs can fulfill eRx requirements by using either a certified EHR (electronic health record) or a certified ePrescribe stand-alone module.

Source: American Medical Association

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Overall, the EHR Association supported the rules proposed by CMS and ONC, but suggested several modifications that would improve the meaningful use experience for providers. The first major modification has to do with the stage 2 timetable. Currently, year one of stage two requires a full year of attestation, but the EHR Association (along with several other organizations) have requested that doctors only be required to attest for 90 days for the first year of stage 2, similar to the timetable for stage 1.

Since the final rule for MU stage 2 won't be released until late 2012, providers will need all the extra time they can get to prepare for the next stage of meaningful use. "As was generally agreed across the industry and by the Health IT Policy Committee, a full 18 months is needed between release of the final rules and when providers need to upgrade," the letter to ONC stated.

The EHR Association also addressed the number of clinical quality measures required under the proposed rule. "We are concerned that EHR developers and their clients will be challenged by the large number of proposed clinical quality measures and the dearth of available detail on their final specifications," the letter to CMS stated. The Association recommended that CMS reduce the requirements for clinical quality measures and make them more specific, yet flexible enough to achieve.

Source: iHealthBeat and Information Week.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

The study was conducted by researchers from Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati, who analyzed CTAs generated by physicians during a 36-week period. The initial response rate by physicians to the CTAs was about 50 percent, which declined over time. However, even at the end of the trial, the response rate was still 30-40 percent, higher than expected.

"The use of EHR-based CTAs has been demonstrated to increase participant recruitment rates to clinical trials, and is a promising approach for overcoming the major problem of inadequate and slow participant recruitment," the researchers said.

Researchers concluded that medical alerts could be tailored to particular medical settings to maximize their effectiveness. See Fierce EMR for more details on the study.

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According to CHIME and AHA, stage 2 rules are "overly ambitious," especially considering the number of hospitals that still have not implemented electronic health records. CHIME recommended that during the first year of stage 2 (which begins in 2014 for early meaningful users) eligible professionals (EPs) only be required to attest for a 90-day period rather than for the entire year. Then, full-year attestation could begin the next year, after the first payment year has passed.

The patient engagement requirements have been a hot topic for debate as well. AHA claims that providing patients with the ability access, download, and transmit their health records is "well beyond" current technical capabilities. A patient portal will be essential for stage 2 compliance. Many providers have used ChartLogic's Patient Portal to help with stage 1 requirements, and additional technical capabilities will be in place by the time stage 2 arrives.

In an HITPC meeting this week, attendees discussed whether stage 2 should allow someone other than a doctor (such as a scribe or nurse) to enter information into a patient's EHR. If a doctor doesn't enter the order, he or she won't be able to see the decision support built into the EHR, which is designed to help prevent medical errors. Members were split on which way the rule should go.

And finally, Premier is pressing CMS/ONC to release the final rule by August.

Click here for comments by AHA and CHIME.

Click here for HITPC comments.

Click here for Premier's recommendations.

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During April, CMS paid $287 million through Medicare and $299 million through Medicaid, once again showing strong numbers for EHR incentive payments. With over $5 billion being paid, 93,650 hospitals and physicians have benefitted from the EHR incentive program so far.

Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health IT, had this to say about the continued success of the EHR incentive program: "It's hard in a nation as large and complex as ours not to look at these strong numbers and not feel encouraged that the combination of policies, programs and, importantly, the effects of the really hard work at the state level and by hospitals and by eligible professionals have translated into a tremendous effort, will and execution on the part of the country."

Regional extension centers (RECs) now enroll more than 40 percent (132,000) of the nation's primary care providers. One out of nine Medicare physicians are meaningful users of electronic health records. Over half (57 percent) of those physicians are specialists. The meaningful use program is often credited to be targeted toward primary care doctors, but specialty clinics are raking in stimulus cash more quickly than any other medical group at the moment. "The good news is that there is a dramatically increasing trend among all groups of rates of adoption," Mostashari said, and that includes small clinics (1-2 providers) and rural hospitals.

Payments are still going out to providers who were meaningful users during the 2011 calendar year. Over 250 ChartLogic users have already qualified for a meaningful use payment, with many more preparing to attest this year.

See Government Health IT for more information.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

ChartLogic is a leading national provider of EHRs to specialty practices and serves some 2,000 physicians nationwide. ChartLogic's EHR is fully certified and designed for specialty practice workflows. More than 250 ChartLogic customers have qualified for meaningful use incentives to date.

Valley ENT will adopt the ChartLogic EHR Suite including the ChartLogic electronic medical record, ChartLogic Document Management, ChartLogic ePrescribe and the ChartLogic Patient Portal.

With these tools, all physicians and staff within the medical group will be able to work from a single database from any clinic. The ChartLogic EMR helps practices moving toward meaningful use overcome some of the more difficult requirements such as capturing increased amount of patient data, prescribing medications electronically, and communicating with patients through a patient portal.

"ChartLogic's EHR is designed for high-volume specialty practices. Using our EHR, a physician can complete all of the documentation required for a comprehensive new patient exam in less than 90 seconds. That includes the SOAP note and exam, referral reply letter, and codes sent to medical billing," said Zubin Emsley, chief executive officer.

Contacts:

Eric Sorenson, VP Marketing, ChartLogic
ericsorenson@chartlogic.com
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"EMRs currently serve primarily as a storage warehouse for textual reports that could potentially be transformed into meaningful structured data for next-generation clinical decision support," the researchers said. "Further studies are needed to address the design, development, and implementation of EMRs capable of managing the critical genetic health information challenges of the future."

Researchers analyzed EHR data from nearly 11,000 patients who were treated by physicians affiliated with academic medical centers. A "diverse" group of physicians ordered genetic testing, the most commonly ordered tests being cystic fibrosis (36.7 percent), prothrombin (13.7 percent), and Tay-Sachs (6.7 percent).

In addition to aiding with research, EHRs can collect data to identify patterns. ChartLogic, for instance, has a flowsheets feature that tracks patients over time and makes it easier for doctors to monitor a patient's health, diagnosis, or recovery over time.

EHRs can also aid genetic testing by keeping the costs down. Another study (published by UnitedHealth Group) expects that genetic testing spending will increase over the next few years, hitting $25 billion per year by 2012. This is another one of those cases in which technology, EHRs specifically, will help rein in costs.

See Fierce EMR for more information.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

Meaningful use incentives helped these hospitals experience $396 million in increased earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation, and amortization. They also saw a boost in their cash operations by $440 million.

According to Fitch, the payments these hospitals received during 2011 were "modest" and expects that payments will be even larger from 2012 to 2013. Some groups expect to see payment impact in the "tens of millions of dollars" during 2012.

EHR adoption is growing among both hospitals and physician practices. Meaningful use is contributing to boosts in practice revenue across the country, and electronic health records also reduce costs of paper and transcription, further increasing the cost-saving benefits of electronic health records.

Source: iHealthBeat.

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The ever-optimistic Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health IT, sees great progress in the quality of healthcare because of changes made over the past few years. EHR adoption has doubled since 2009, and CMS has paid out $4.5 billion to eligible professionals and hospitals that implemented electronic health records and met meaningful use requirements.

Mostashari predicts that EHR adoption will only increase in the next few years. "In 2016, it's going to be the rare to find a doctor without EHRs," he said.

At a National Quality Forum held last week, Mostashari urged his audience to "keep our eyes on the prize," i.e., the patients. Mostashari emphasized that quality is the cornerstone of the changes being made in healthcare today, including the meaningful use incentive program. "When Congress wrote HITECH Act, they didn't micromanage what meaningful use would mean," he said, "But they did say, three things needed to be included, and one of them was quality measures."

Mostashri urged his audience to keep their eyes on the prize by focusing on what matters. "You can start with questions like what kills the most people, and how can we improve to save more premature deaths." Quality measures and technological tools can help monitor these trends and, most importantly, prevent harm.

With all the changes taking place in healthcare, Mostashari pointed out that "simpler is better." Tools need to be user friendly. "The smartest people in the world get in a room and they build things only the smartest people in the world understand," Mostashari said, which doesn't solve problems significantly. Healthcare needs more intuitive tools like ChartLogic that are easy to learn and fit naturally into a doctor's workflow.

In conclusion, Mostashari warned his audience against succumbing to the "wall of disbelief." "I'm here to tell you that that wall is paper thin," he said. "Payment reform is here, and it's not going away."

Read more at Healthcare Payer News.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

Like all other EHR vendors, ChartLogic started off as a client-server model, but today offers a complete cloud model, making it the first voice-driven, cloud-based EHR in the nation.

Meaningful use incentives are also driving EHR adoption, for both physician practices and hospitals. With up to $44,000 in stimulus money available to eligible professionals (EPs) who are meaningful users of certified EHR technology, and better software that is more practical for a small business, it is much easier for physician practices to make the switch from paper to digital office technology. More and more physicians are recognizing this, and now the physician EHR market is growing faster than the hospital EHR market. From 2010 to 2011, physician EHR sales increased 22 percent, which was greater than the increase in sales by hospital EHRs.

ChartLogic has been a leader in the EHR market for 17 years, serving many different specialties, including orthopedics, ophthalmology, pain, and ENT. ChartLogic was the first EHR vendor in the nation to become ONC-certified for meaningful use, and over 250 of its users have already qualified for their first meaningful use payment. See www.chartlogic.com for more information.

Source: iHealthBeat.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

"Monitoring and measuring HAIs is a critical component of the overall strategy to prevent and reduce HAIs," the plan states. "Advances in information technology (IT), harmonization of disparate data standards, incentive programs designed to promote the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), and capabilities to connect with and integrate multiple data types and sources all provide opportunities to enhance national capacity to monitor, measure, and prevent the occurrence of HAIs."

The plan was originally released in 2009 and was recently updated to account for advancements made in EHRs and other health IT tools. HHS welcomes public comments on the new plan. The initial focus of the plan is to reduce hospital-related infections, but eventually the campaign will expand to include ambulatory surgery centers and other healthcare facilities, Fierce Health IT reports.

Just as in many other government healthcare initiatives, interoperability will be an important factor in the plan's success. Specifically, HHS would like EHRs to be able to talk to one another not just for sharing patient data, but for HAI reporting. Meaningful use stage 2 emphasizes greater interoperability among EHR vendors. Measuring HAI data across medical offices is another area in which interoperability will help further the quality of healthcare for patients.

See Fierce Health IT for more information on the updated HAI plan.

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About ChartLogic, Inc.

Electronic health records . . . better patient care since 1994. ChartLogic has helped thousands of practices make the transition from paper to digital medical offices. Guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements, ChartLogic offers two comprehensive electronic health record suites that include electronic medical records, superior medical billing software, document management, and interactive patient education. ChartLogic helps physicians provide better patient care through better technology. For further information, visit www.chartlogic.com.

As reported earlier this week, CMS has paid out $4.5 billion to date to eligible professionals (EPs) through both Medicare and Medicaid. Of that amount, $339.4 million went to Medicare EPs for demonstrating meaningful use of certified EHR technology.

Figliozzi is a certified public accountant firm that specializes in auditing healthcare facilities for Medicare cost compliance, according to Government Health IT. In addition to auditing EHR payments, Figliozzi will examine EPs to make sure that they are eligible for either the Medicaid or Medicare electronic health records incentive program.

Over 250 ChartLogic customers have already qualified for meaningful use payments. For questions on meaningful use compliance, please visit www.chartlogic.com/stimulus.

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