This is Naomi diaz with the Becker Digital
health podcast. Here's your daily industry news briefing
for today, June 20 fourth.
First, Oracle introduced a new Ai powered clinical
documentation tool designed for its ambulatory care customers.
Integrated within the Oracle Ehr system, the tool
uses automation and voice commands to help physicians
transcribe patient conversations, and create draft notes directly
in the Ehr, aiming to automate the entire
documentation process,
according to a news release from Oracle
Oracle said the tool can help providers maintain
oversight and control by reviewing, modifying and improving
notes and next step actions.
Physicians at 13 initial doctor
organizations, including billings clinic in Montana and covenant
health have reported saving an average of more
than 4 and a half minutes per patient
and reducing daily
documentation time by 20 to 40 percent. The
release said.
Second,
Hhs finalized its final rule outlining incentives for
hospitals, health systems and clinicians. Blocking patient information
exchange on June 20 fourth.
Providers knowing
interfering or preventing patients from accessing medical
information,
Ehr use and information exchange will face penalties
going forward.
Those penalties include 1 hospitals physician groups and
clinicians, being striped of meaningful use status of
calendar year of the Ehr reporting period when
the office of inspector general were first its
determination to Cms,
If 1 clinician within a group is blocking
information but not the whole group, the penalty
will only apply to the offender.
2, critical access hospitals risk payment reduced to
a hundred percent of reasonable cost.
3,
Clinicians in Aco may be ineligible to participate
in the Aco for at least 1 year,
and they may not be able to receive
revenue earned through the shared savings program.
Hhs reserve the right to create additional dis
sentence in the future. The new rules add
to existing penalties for It companies and developers
with A fine up to 1000000 dollars for
information blocking.
Third,
on June twentieth, a federal judge to Access
ruled that Hhs guidance prohibit the use of
third party online tracking technologies on Hospitals public
facing webpage pages is unlawful.
Us district judge Mark Pitt determined that the
Hhs exceeded its authority with the 20 22
guidance,
aligning his decision with the positions of the
American
Association, Texas Hospital
Association, Texas Health resources, and United regional Healthcare
system.
This ruling follows a lawsuit Hospital filed in
20 23 by the A,
A,
Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources and United
Regional Healthcare care system against the Hhs. Who
The plaintiff has sought to block enforcement of
the Bulletin arguing that the guidance restricted the
use of standard web technologies that capture Ip
addresses,
without proper regulatory authority,
thereby hindering hospital's ability to share crucial health
information with their communities.
Mister Pitt decision effectively overturn the guidance, allowing
hospitals to resume utilizing these technologies as outlined
in court documents.
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