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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (“AAPS”) hereby comments on the Request for Information: Electronic Prior Authorization Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria, as published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2022. By […]
Comments on CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule & 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program and Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Dear Secretary Azar, We appreciate the […]
The electronic health record (EHR), we were promised, would greatly improve efficiency and quality in medical care. The results have been far different, writes physician and researcher Hermann W. Børg, M.D., in the summer issue of […]
The latest fad, a “free” smartphone app called Pokémon GO, has reportedly exceeded even Twitter and pornography in popularity. One hospital has banned it for employees because they were glued to their screens instead of interacting with patients.
Electronic Health Record Incentives Compared with a Bear Trap in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Physicians who accepted government money to purchase a “certified” electronic health record (EHR) system are facing demands to […]
By Gerard J. Gianoli, M.D. – http://earandbalance.net Medical errors are taken very seriously by the medical profession. It starts early in training at M&M (Morbidity & Mortality) Conference. During M&M, each complication and death is […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Farzad Mostashari, who spent two years leading the White House effort to implement electronic health records, has argued that Medicare’s new physician payment […]
By L.R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N. Physicians who took the government’s incentive cash to adopt electronic health records are now subject to audits. All they had to do was sign the attestation that they were […]
AAPS News March 2016 – EMR: The Potemkin VIlliage of Medicine Mar 1, 2016 Volume 72, no. 3 March 2016 The deterioration of American medicine is visible to the naked eye. Anecdotes tell of soiled […]
By Gerard J. Gianoli, M.D. – http://EarAndBalance.net Legend has it that in 1787 Grigory Potemkin erected a fake portable settlement along the banks of the Dnieper River in order to fool Empress Catherine II during […]
