Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center successfully attested for Stage 1 Meaningful Use of their Electronic Health Records on October 25th making them the second Critical Access Hospital in Colorado to attest and apply for Medicare EHR Incentive Funds. During the last year, they overcame many obstacles on...

When I attested to our organization’s ability to meaningfully use electronic health records on April 18, 2011, I thought the really hard part of Phase I was behind me. Talking to colleagues who were at prospective payment system hospitals, their payment process was simple; as soon as they attested...

All Centura facilities went live on CORHIO on October 24, 2011. By connecting its current electronic health record with CORHIO’s secure network, Centura’s physicians and other medical care providers from across the state are linked to important real-time health information about their patients. Centura Health Uses Industry-Leading Technology to...

August 30, 2011, CMS hosted a webinar about the Clinical Quality Measures and Meaningful Use. The following document contains questions and answers from the live Q&A portion of the webinar, and provides answers to the remaining unanswered questions that were received by CMS during the webinar and in follow-up...

Over the past 20 years, CRHC has become our state’s most trusted resource for rural healthcare. In the current economic landscape, it is more important than ever that we continue to support and advocate on behalf of rural healthcare and the safety net community. We remain loyally committed to...

Over the past 20 years, CRHC has become our state’s most trusted resource for rural healthcare. In the current economic landscape, it is more important than ever that we continue to support and advocate on behalf of rural healthcare and the safety net community. We remain loyally committed to...

What: Webinar- The CMS EHR Incentive Programs: Small-Practice Providers and Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs)When: October 25 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDTWhy: To help small-practice providers successfully report CQMsHow: Register online The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding a second webinar on CQMs and their importance...

Health IT and Quality webinars are technical assistance webcasts for HRSA grantees and other safety net providers who are either using or planning to use health IT to improve the quality of patient care. Each webinar features experts with hands-on experience from within the safety net community, as well...