The “Official” ONC/CMS Audio conference call on the EHR stimulus programs. Don’t want to miss this one!

ONC Certification and Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs:
Final Rules
How will they impact you?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) together with The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) invite you to join us for an Audio Training on the Final Rules for ONC Certification and Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

Learn about:

• The Benefit of HIT
• Summary of the final rules
o ONC temporary certification process
o ONC initial set of standards and implementation specifications
o Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentives Programs including the initial definition of meaningful Use
• Where to find additional resources

Hear first hand from ONC and CMS Experts!

Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm EST

Call in information
Dial:
1-877-251-0301

Conference ID pass code:
87841621

Materials will be made available prior to the training at the following web address: http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/05_Spotlight_and_Upcoming_Events.asp
Be sure to visit CMS’ web section on the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs at: http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/

Thanks to Charles Phelps from MedXSolutions for the tip.

I’m usually pretty quick to adopt technology and ways to promote this blog. For example, I’ve been on Twitter for a long time as @ehrandhit. It’s taken a while to get to 4472 followers on Twitter, but it’s pretty cool to see that there are that many people interested in electronic medical record on Twitter.

For some reason though, I’ve kind of avoided using Facebook to promote this site. I think that there’s probably a part of me that wanted to keep my personal life (Facebook) away from my EMR life. Not because I have anything in my personal life to hide. Probably more about the other direction. I didn’t necessarily want to talk about EMR in my personal life. Which doesn’t make that much sense, because I love talking to doctors or other people about my EMR stuff.

Well, all of that background aside, I decided it was time to start a Facebook fan page for EMR and HIPAA. So, if you’re on Facebook, feel free to say you like EMR and HIPAA. Right now it pulls in both this site and my EMR and EHR website. I imagine I’ll tie it into Twitter as well at some point. That way you’re getting all the great EMR info you want.

Also, if you haven’t found it already, you can also subscribe to EMR and HIPAA by email. One person told me it’s their daily morning read. That’s a little scary for me to think about, but I’m also flattered that it’s the case.