Joint Commission news from FierceHealthIT
NewsCareFirst, ACP boost provider access to online medical home tool
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has joined with the American College of Physicians (ACP) to make the latter's Medical Home Builder 2.0 available for free to 3,000 primary care providers who Read more...
Joint Commission looks to IT in drive to improve patient hand-offs
A test to help reduce high miscommunication rates on patient hand-offs will help the Joint Commission's Center for Transforming Healthcare develop an electronic application that all Joint Read more...
GE, Joint Commission unveil technology to improve clinician handwashing
You may have seen the story in FierceHealthcare on Friday about the sorry state of hand hygiene in America's hospitals. At least two new, tech-focused projects are attempting to address this serious Read more...
CMS delays Joint Commission telemedicine rules until 2011
CMS has pushed back a deadline for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals to implement telemedicine performance and credentialing standards, less than two months before the planned compliance date. Read more...
CMS proposes easing telemedicine credentialing requirements
CMS is proposing simplification of its rules on credentialing and granting privileges to hospitals and clinicians that provide telemedicine services. The proposed change would allow hospitals to turn Read more...
Blumenthal, Chassin among AHIMA keynote speakers
The lineup of keynote speakers at the 2009 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit reflects the changing times in health IT. A late addition to the agenda is Dr. David Blumenthal, the Obama administration's Read more...
Joint Commission: Technology is not the solution to everything
With so many obvious problems in healthcare today, it's tempting to think that there is some panacea for the healthcare industry--perhaps health IT? But the Joint Commission has issued an alert Read more...
Joint Commission calls for national HIE
Last week, the Joint Commission became the latest healthcare organization to pitch the idea of a single, national infrastructure for sharing data between providers. The group sees such a step as an Read more...
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