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Meaningful Use: Frequently Asked Question (Recording Clinical Data)
Q: Does a provider have to record all clinical data in their certified EHR technology in order to accurately report complete clinical quality measure data for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs?
An Open Letter to Healthcare Professionals About Suicide
By: Paul Quinnett, Ph. D.
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Pfizer Makes Another Attempt to Block Generics
Pfizer is trying to block access to the reduced cost of a generic form of Lipitor. In the past, Pfizer struck a deal with the maker of a generic version giving them access to the European market in exchange for not competing with Pfizer’s brand name Lipitor in the U.S. Pfizer also came out with a $4.00 prescription card to encourage patients to remain on the brand name. This reduces the out-of-pocket costs for patients, but employers continue to pay the high brand name cost. Now Pfizer is offering discounts to insurance plans and Pharmacy Benefit Managers like Medco, Catalyst Rx, Medimpact Healthcare Systems and others that block pharmacies from dispensing the generic version.
A Vision For the Future of Healthcare in North Idaho
NIHN’s vision is to create the tools and resources necessary to unite member physicians and hospitals in an interdependent system to improve the quality and cost efficiency of care through local direction and collective negotiations with payers.
Over the past 17 years North Idaho Health Network has continued to evolve to better address current healthcare needs. North Idaho Health Network is at the hub of a truly dynamic and engaging transformation and has entered into an engagement with The Camden Group to set our vision for the future.
WIREC Reaches 100% of its Healthcare Provider Enrollment Goals in Effort to Advance Electronic Health Records
The Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center for Health Information Technology (WIREC) achieves enrollment goal of 2,369 primary care providers.
SEATTLE, WA - Today the Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center (WIREC), a division of Qualis Health, announced that it has met its enrollment goal of 2,369 healthcare providers in Washington and Idaho as part of the national effort to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). Practitioners across both states sought WIREC out for assistance with EHR implementation and utilization in order to attain "meaningful use" of their systems.
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