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Mostashari shares visions of health IT's future
Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator for Health IT, clued the nation into five health IT trends expected to take off as healthcare reform progresses and predicted that 2012 is the year that health IT “truly comes of age.”
Implementation of a vendor-neutral archive (VNA) solves most of the problems associated with PACS, can save money over the long term and can prepare an enterprise to participate in a health information exchange (HIE), according to Michael J. Gray of Gray Consulting who presented during a webinar on Jan. 26 hosted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and GNAX Health.
Performing CT scans in the emergency department (ED) for patients experiencing dizziness may not be worth the expense, according to a study conducted at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and presented Jan. 26 at the Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting in Miami.
Although major components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) do not go into effect until 2014, the fate of PPACA depends on the outcomes of four key events this year, according to a perspective paper published online Jan. 26 in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is implementing an appeals process for its Medicare EHR incentive program and posted guidelines on how to appeal a payment decision on its website.
