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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, July 13, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released two long–awaited "meaningful use" final regulations this morning that will specify what physicians and hospitals will have to do to receive about $20 billion in bonus Medicare payments for adoption of electronic health records.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 13, 2010
The release Tuesday morning of HHS' long-awaited meaningful use requirements for healthcare information technology drew generally favorable, but guarded reviews from patient, physician, and hospital advocacy groups—all of whom are still sifting through the dense, 863-page document.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, July 14, 2010
In a letter to the new CMS administrator, 242 House members are calling for the agency to change its proposal to cut Medicare payments to hospitals by 2.9%.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, July 14, 2010
Only three in 10 hospital administrations are willing to spend what's necessary to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, and fewer than one in five providers think their institutions have sufficient infrastructure to train staff in prevention strategies.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, July 13, 2010
A 60-page national strategy report unveiled by the Obama Administration Tuesday calls on providers to do more for patients with HIV/AIDS.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 14, 2010
Miami-based Florida International University's newly opened Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has signed an affiliation agreement with Cleveland Clinic Florida. The affiliation will allow FIU medical students in their senior year to receive clinical training from physicians in various specialties.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, July 14, 2010
Patients with head and neck cancer who reported poorer sleeping quality a year after their diagnoses had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments.
By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, July 13, 2010
The HHS meaningful use final regulations announced Tuesday specify what physicians and hospitals will have to do to receive a share of up to $27 billion in bonus Medicare payments for adoption of electronic health records over the next ten years. That big pile of money aside, as with all efforts that result from compromise, there are reasons to cheer and reasons to jeer.
By: Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, July 13, 2010
New nurses dealing with the transition from nursing school to practice can feel like the ground is moving under them as they struggle to keep their footing. Those who have tried scripting know that it enhances communication, ensures consistency in practice, and arms nurses with tools to handle difficult conversations with patients, peers, and physicians.