House Approves Critically Needed Changes to Physician EHR Requirement
The Massachusetts House this week approved changes in state law that would disconnect medical licensure from a physician’s use of electronic health records. The issue has been a major focus of the MMS’...
View ArticleEHR Conference Speaker Emphasizes Importance of Protecting Patients’ Information
By Vicki Ritterband Ali Pabrai Encryption. Encryption. Encryption. Those are the “three” most important activities doctors should do to protect the security of their patients’ electronic protected...
View ArticleEHR Next Chapter: A “Tool” in the MD’s Medical Arsenal
By Debra Beaulieu-Volk Some of the Commonwealth’s premier experts in health information technology and electronic health records gathered recently at MMS headquarters to take part in the day-long...
View ArticleRecapping a Busy Year: MMS Health Care Advocacy in 2014
Ronald W. Dunlap, MD, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, kicked off the Society’s 2014 Annual Meeting with a review of five significant advocacy issues from the 2013-14 year: Medicare...
View ArticleThe President’s Podium: Common Sense on EHRs
By Richard Pieters, M.D., President, Massachusetts Medical Society In its landmark 2001 report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine...
View ArticleBoard of Registration in Medicine Gives Final Approval to EHR Proficiency...
The Board of Registration in Medicine today gave its final approval to new regulations, strongly supported by the MMS, interpreting that law in a way that allows physicians many options in how they...
View ArticleInteroperability is New Focus for Health IT
By Leon Barzin MMS Director of Health Information Technology Barriers to interoperability continue to be main challenges to moving the nation’s health care system beyond simply making electronic silos...
View ArticleCMS, AMA Announce Help with ICD-10 for Physicians
With the October 1 deadline for the implementation of ICD-10 looming, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) today jointly announced some good...
View ArticleYour EHR in 2016: Interoperability is Key Trend
Interoperability is expected be a key focus for EHR systems and the physicians who use them in 2016. We asked Micky Tripathi, founding president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative,...
View ArticleThe President’s Podium: A Renewed Effort on HIT
by James S. Gessner, M.D., President, Massachusetts Medical Society Physicians well know the rapid advance of information technology in medicine over the last decade. Pushed by federal and state...
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