On the final day of the HIMSS12 conference in Las Vegas, NV I had an opportunity to interview Thom Kuhn, Sr. Systems Architect, ACP. This is a summary of our discussion regarding his personal observations of the conference. AB: Thom, did you attend any sessions at HIMSS that stand out as particularly important with respect…

The following slide deck was presented on behalf of HL7 at the HIMSS12 conference in Las Vegas, NV – February 23, 2012. Presenters: Thomson Kuhn, Sr. Systems Architect, ACP Alan Brookstone MD, CEO Cientis Technologies

CMS just posted the notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) for Meaningful Use Stage 2. Here is the link to the fact sheet; here is the link to the full document (455 pages). More to follow.

Information Week, February 22, 2012. The annual HIMSS conference provided the venue for a preliminary walk through of the proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use regulations by the national coordinator for health IT, Dr. Farzad Mostashari. According to Mostashari, eligible providers will have to comply with 17 core requirements (up from 15 in Stage 1) and…

We are very pleased to announce the winner of the draw for an iPad2 in the recent ACS AmericanEHR Partners EHR satisfaction survey, Dr. Stephen D Leonard, MD, FACS. Dr. Leonard is a General Surgeon in Atlanta, GA.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the January payment update to the EHR Incentive Program through January 2012. Here are some data from the EHR Incentive Payment Summary for January 2012. Medicare Data 22,937 Eligible Professionals (EP) received incentive payments $412,866,000 distributed Average per EP = $18,000 Top 4 Specialties: Family Medicine –…