Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
Happy new year! Launching 2013 on a positive note, this year's first Healthcare IT Insider offers tips on how to use speech recognition to increase your personal productivity.
The article is based on insights served up at RSNA 2012 by a master of this technology. You'll want to read Dr. David L. Weiss' sage words of advice in this Insider Exclusive, which you're receiving several days prior to publication for the rest of the world.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual survey of U.S. hospitals included encouraging news on security measures to keep electronic data secure. Hospitals have been doing more, but, unfortunately, ambulatory physician practices have not been as progressive. Read the findings here.
We also encourage you to share with your radiation oncology colleagues our exclusive report on Chartrounds. Through the magic of healthcare IT, this free service brings radiation oncology experts together each week with any radiation oncologist who wants to discuss challenging patient cases in a vetted virtual forum. The program is underwritten by a generous grant, with the goal of improving cancer care that includes radiotherapy.
On the "meaningful use" front, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a guidance document that clarifies the eligibility of certain radiologists for the hardship exemption added to the stage 2 rule. You can also click here for an update on CMS' incentive payments made to healthcare providers.
Be sure to watch the Healthcare IT Digital Community for more articles from the RSNA meeting in the coming weeks.
