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VIEW -- Webinar Series On Privacy & Security of Electronic Health Data
The West Virginia Regional HIT Extension Center recently hosted a "web-based" seminar series on EHR Privacy & Security issues.  The series helps to educate doctors, office managers, and clinic directors on privacy and security practices for health care providers who use electronic health record systems…or who are considering implementing a system. Privacy and security knowledge specialists provided the three presentations. Click to view the three webinars.
Answers To Common Questions About EHR Implementation
http://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/implementing-ehrs/common-questions-about-ehr-implementation
WVRHITEC Surpasses Recruitment Goal By 30 Percent
Nearly 1,300 primary care providers across West Virginia have joined the West Virginia Regional Health Information Technology Extension Center (WVRHITEC), and this number is about 30 percent better than the center had anticipated. The West Virginia center was charged initially with recruiting 1,000 primary care providers, but thanks to efforts of many organizations the center was able to surpass its original recruitment goal. Click to read press release.
   

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Member Testimonials
Read testimonials from WVRHITEC members
 
Steven Swart
Executive Director and CFO
Robert C. Byrd Clinic
 
Nina Smith, RN
Primary Care Nursing Director
Minnie Hamilton Health System
 
Elaine Rose
Billing Clerk
Prime-Care 12, Inc.
   

Upcoming Events
   

Announcements
Madison Medical Among First Primary Care Practices To Achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use
Monday, August 22, 2011

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Cabinet Secretary Michael J. Lewis, a family physician, and WVRHITEC Project Director Roger Chaufournier were at Madison Medical Group on August 22 to announce the health care practice’s successful attainment of national guidelines for the use of electronic health record systems.

The physicians of Madison Medical -- Robert B. Atkins, M.D., Ron D. Stollings, M.D., and J. Mark Snyder, D.O. -- successfully attested under the Medicare tract of the federal government’s electronic health record incentive program. The three are among the first primary care providers in the state who have attested for Stage 1 meaningful use. Click to read press release.
 
   

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Join Our Community!
Join and take advantage of EHR training, support services and learn how to achieve up to $44,000-$63,750 in future Medicare/Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
 
Are you a primary care physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner?...with a rural clinic or a small practice in West Virginia?
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Would you like independent, unbiased help with your health information technology...and at a special rate?
 
Do you have an electronic health record system, or planning to implement one?
 
Are you aware that you may be eligible to receive up to $44,000 or $63,750 in future federal Medicare/Medicaid incentive payments to offset the costs of an electronic health record system?
 
...If so, then you should join the West Virginia Regional Health Information Technology Extension Center (WVRHITEC).
 
If you would like to be contacted about the West Virginia Regional Health Information Technology Extension Center, please complete this form.
 
WVRHITEC Frequently Asked Questions - click to read
   

Commentary
Dwayne Edwards: Electronic health records are progress
Charleston Daily Mail- Friday, May 20, 2011
 
In the coming months, some of the first West Virginia health care providers will start to receive federal financial payments to help cover the costs of implementing electronic health record systems. Read more...
Roger Chaufournier: Expanded electronic health record use will provide long-term benefits
The Charleston Gazette - Tuesday, December 14, 2010
 
Over the next few years West Virginia's health care industry will have a unique opportunity to transform itself through greater adoption of electronic health information technology. Read more...
   

Meaningful Use

Meaningful Use Final Rule
Released July 13, 2010

The final rule on MU is available here. Additional materials will soon be available. Also, please visit the ONC’s Web site for more information on meaningful use and standards and certification.
read more...
   

Featured Media


EHR 101 – Strategies for Selecting an EHR
Webinar Recordings -
May 12, 2011

Recorded webinar providing information and insights on selecting an electronic health record system.

Click here to view the recorded webinar.
   

Five-Star EHR Vendors

5-Star Vendors
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5-Star Vendors

Interested in implementing an electronic health record system?

The WVRHITEC has designated certain EHR vendors as “Five-Star Vendors.” Click to learn more.
   

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