King Arthur or Don Quixote: What Kind of Knight are EHR Systems?
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Electronic Health Records (EHRs) danced into the medical arena like a knight in shining armor. Promised were the magical stuff of legends, like King Arthur and Excalibur including: Legibility; Speed; Cost […]
EHR Interconnectivity Challenges Continue to Impact Patient Care
Guest post written by multiple neurosurgeons and neurosurgical residents from Stanford University Medical Center. Eric S. Sussman, MD, Neurosurgery Resident; Arjun V. Pendharkar, MD, Neurosurgery Resident; Allen L. Ho, MD, Neurosurgery Resident; Anand Veeravagu, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery and Director of Minimally Invasive NeuroSpine Surgery; and John K. Ratliff, MD, […]
Applauding CMS Move to Real Meaningful Use
Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS, AANS (right) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York and Rachel Groman, Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Quality Improvement (left) Hart Health Strategies “We have to get the hearts and minds of physicians back…I think we’ve lost […]
Welcome to the World of Meaningless Abuse
From time-to-time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other health blogs when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on the KevinMD.com, and it details the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program and how CMS has established a multitude of measures and […]
Neurosurgery Urges HHS to Delay Meaningless Use Rules
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) recently released the proposed rule on Stage 3 of the Medicare/Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Meaningful Use Incentive Program. The stage 3 objectives, for the most part, reiterate the stage 2 goals, with higher thresholds for demonstrating meaningful use. These requirements will go into effect in 2016. To […]