Latest List of Lists – Happy Anniversary Medicare!
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
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Health IT Business News – July 29, 2015
Modernizing Medicine announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire gMed. The acquisition is expected to increase Modernizing Medicine’s gastroenterology market share and anticipates closing the transaction in Q3.
Latest News and Updates from ONC
The ONC is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. Here is the latest they are reporting on.
Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology
Will MU stage 3 rules be delayed? On Thursday, July 23, 2015 Senate HELP committee held a hearing on “Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology: Information Blocking and Potential Solutions.” The committee continues with the fourth hearing on the subject to probe for answers on details and the scope of this problem.
HIE Rundown 7-24-15
This week’s rundown includes: Quality Health Network & eHealth Technologies joining forces, highlights from the Digital Health Summer Summit, Orion Health named a leader in IDC HIE, & NextGen Healthcare successfully connects to Mass HIway.
A Roadmap to Improving Health IT Safety
By Andrew Gettinger MD – As we focus on making our health care ecosystem interoperable and building a continually improving learning health system, we need to ensure health IT enables safe, high quality care. We also know that doctors, nurses, and other clinicians that are all part of the care team are frustrated by health IT systems that are not coordinated or optimized to their workflow.
GE Foundation Awards $14 Million Grant to Project ECHO
As part of its goal to ensure that everyone can get quality healthcare regardless of where they live, the GE Foundation announced a three-year, $14 million grant to support Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), and its game-changing care delivery model that exponentially increases treatment capacity for common, complex conditions in medically underserved areas.
Open Invitation to Submit Health IT Test Tools or Procedures
By CAPT Alicia Morton & Tricia Lee Wilkins – Improving and streamlining the testing and certification of health IT has long been a goal of ONC. To that end, on June 9th we published a notice in the Federal Register that reintroduced a flexibility included in the ONC Health IT Certification Program that allows the National Coordinator to consider test procedures, test tools, and test data developed by any person or entity for approved use.
Connected Health Infographics
In these Connected Health infographics, see the top 10 trends for 2015, how Americans manage health & communication with providers, what a virtual coach is, and the benefits and challanges of a connected health environment. See other infographics we have featured.