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Cross Post – Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong

By Neurosurgery BlogCross Post, Health, Health Reform, HITNo Comments

From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s...

March 19, 2019

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Atlas Shrugged Retold

By Neurosurgery BlogGuest Post, Health, Healthcare Costs, HIT, MACRA, MedEd, Medical Innovation, Medicare, Patient Safety, Regulatory ReliefNo Comments

Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH “I started my life with a...

March 2, 2018

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King Arthur or Don Quixote: What Kind of Knight are EHR Systems?

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Guest Post, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, HIT, Regulatory ReliefNo Comments

Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Electronic Health Records (EHRs) danced into...

January 3, 2018

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EHR Interconnectivity Challenges Continue to Impact Patient Care

By Neurosurgery BlogGuest Post, Health, HIT, MACRA, Medicare, Regulatory Relief2 Comments

Guest post written by multiple neurosurgeons and neurosurgical residents from Stanford University Medical Center. Eric S. Sussman, MD, Neurosurgery Resident; Arjun V. Pendharkar, MD, Neurosurgery Resident; Allen L. Ho, MD,...

December 15, 2017

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Physician Regulatory Relief: Breaking the Red Tape to Improve Patient Care

By Neurosurgery BlogCongress, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, HIT, MACRA, Medical Innovation, Regulatory ReliefNo Comments

Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York We the...

December 6, 2017

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AANS and CNS Release 2017 Legislative and Regulatory Agenda

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Antitrust, Coding and Reimbursement, Congress, Drugs and Devices, Emergency Care, GME, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, HIT, IPAB, MACRA, MedEd, Medical Innovation, Medical Liability, Medicare, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

On February 14, 2017 the AANS and CNS released their 2017 legislative and regulatory agenda, which includes action items such as improving the health care delivery system, abolishing the Independent...

February 14, 2017

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Applauding CMS Move to Real Meaningful Use

By Neurosurgery BlogGuest Post, Health, HIT, MACRA, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS, AANS (right) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York and Rachel Groman,...

February 9, 2016

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Healthcare Leaders: What Our Patients Need

By Neurosurgery BlogGuest Post, Health, Healthcare Costs, HIT, Medical Innovation, Patient Safety, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Vice President, AANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Recently, Becker's...

January 22, 2016

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Neurosurgeons Provide Feedback to CMS on New Medicare Physician Payment System

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Coding and Reimbursement, Congress, Health, Health Reform, HIT, MACRA, Medicare, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

On Nov. 17, 2015, the AANS and CNS submitted feedback to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the agency’s Request for Information (RFI) seeking input...

November 30, 2015

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Neurosurgeons Descend on Capitol Hill to Fight for Patient Access to Specialty Care

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, Cross Post, GME, Health, HIT, IPABNo Comments

Dr. Valadka (left) visiting Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) Today, Morning Consult published a Guest Opinion piece featuring our own, Alex B. Valadka, MD, a neurosurgeon from Richmond, VA and executive board member of the...

July 15, 2015

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