Electronic Prescription

CMS recently announced that it will update incentives for its physician quality reporting initiative and its electronic prescribing program under the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Health Data Management reports.
The agency plans to publish the final rule and open a public comment period on Nov. 25 (Goedert, Health Data Management, 11/2).
Quality Reporting
Under the updated rule, [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing Program, EHR systems, Health Data Management
Posted November 10, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, EMR, Electronic Prescription

By Mary Mosquera
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to test its ability to accept selected clinical quality data directly from hospital electronic health record systems as early as July 2010.
CMS said it would seek volunteer hospitals to report stroke, blood clot and emergency department measures of care via EHR systems as part [...]

Tags: CMS, EHR systems, electronic health records, Reporting Hospital Quality
Posted October 21, 2009 by admin under EMR, Electronic Prescription, Hospital