POCP Blog
FDA Issues Guidance on Naming Conventions and Interchangeability for Biologics and Biosimilars
By Pooja Babbrah, Senior Consultant The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two new rules that significantly affect biologics and biosimilars. The first rule spells out the naming conventions …
The 21st Century Cures Act and Health IT: A Birds’ Eye View
By Tony Schueth The 21st Century Cures Act is now the law of the land. As you’ve probably heard by now, this bipartisan, $6.3 billion piece of legislation is intended …
A Practical Approach to Implementing a Population Health Management Program
By Michael Solomon Whenever I engage in discussion with health care executives or clinicians about strategies and programs for population health management (PHM), we have to step back and invest …
5 Ways the Trump Presidency May Impact ONC
In a post on November 14, we laid out our view of the implications of an unexpected Trump victory on healthcare, in general, and health information technology (health IT), specifically …
Reading the Tea Leaves: What Lies Ahead for Health IT in the Trump Administration?
By Tony Schueth, CEO The voters have spoken and there will be a new administration in roughly two months. What does this mean for health information technology (health IT)? Point-of-Care …
Experian and NCPDP Launch New Patient Identifier
By Keith Fisher, Senior Consultant Correctly identifying patients for diagnosis, treatment and billing across the fragmented healthcare ecosystem is a challenging task. Currently, there is no uniform or universal way …
Top 10 Takeaways from the MACRA Final Rule
By Tony Schueth The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rolled out the final rule on October 14 for implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). It details …
New Rule Strengthens Certification Oversight and Accountability for EHRs
By Chuck Frederick, Senior Consultant The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has issued a rule that strengthens its oversight of certified electronic health records (EHRs) …
Surescripts Unveils New Patient Record Locator Service
By Michael Burger, Senior Consultant Patients typically get care and treatment from many doctors and in many places, including physicians’ offices, hospitals, pharmacies and urgent care clinics. Doctors wish they …
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