A report issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week showed that quality reporting systems and ePrescribing incentives have improved outcomes and the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries.

Proivders and hospitals can gauge their Medicare EHR Incentive Program progress using the Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator, a resource for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program offered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The California Health Information Partnership & Services Organization (CalHIPSO), a regional extension center serving California, has selected athenahealth as one of its EHR vendor partners.

Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Middletown, has joined healthcare providers participating in the Connecticut Department of Social Services Health Information Exchange (HIE) Pilot Project, according to eHealthConnecticut.

Wayne Memorial Hospital, a 316-bed facility in Goldsboro, N.C., has implemented Extensions HealthAlert for Nurses, a feature that automates delivery of clinical information and nurse call messages.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services interpretation of the regulations in the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act could exclude federally qualified health center patients from the Medicare Shared Savings Program, according to a research brief from Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative.

Watson Clinic, a large multispecialty clinic in central Florida, was among the participants in the recent Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality electronic Preventive Services Selector Knowledge Transfer project, integrating the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations into its patient workflow to improve its care processes.

Virtusa, a global IT services consulting company, has designed a customized migration assessment tool to help healthcare organizations determine the potential financial impact of transitioning from ICD-9 to ICD-10.