By Terry Edwards – Healthcare is undergoing a wave of consumerization. Changing regulations are requiring patients to contribute more financially toward their own care, turning them into true healthcare consumers and motivating them to make more careful and informed decisions.
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Who doesn’t like a good list? Weather you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to…
HIMSS15 will be in Chicago this year for a week of dynamic education, networking and the latest technology solutions. The theme is transforming health – through the power of information – through innovation, engagement, leadership, connectivity and more. Here are more interoperability events to attend.
Epic is set to open its own app store for mobile applications that can work with the vendor’s EHR platform. The news was first reported by the Wisconsin State Journal. According to the article. The Epic app store will launch in a few weeks.
By Kelley Sullivan – The Internet of Things, the idea that everything will someday be totally connected, is no longer a Jetson’s era fantasy. It’s becoming closer to a reality in healthcare. We’ve discussed IoT in healthcare and what its impact could be, but what would that look like? How can healthcare be ready for this total connectivity?
The Federal Health Architecture (FHA) has been working closely with the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) and other federal partners to…
AHRQ has published a Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) to support projects to generate new evidence on health information technology (IT) system safety. The standing R01…
Mark your calendars and don’t miss these upcoming events for the agencies of HHS including CMS, AHRQ, and ONC.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – December.