Health IT Business News Recap – February 10, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News The health IT industry’s biggest event is less than a month away. The HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition will be…
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Getting Pay-For-Performance Right
By Dr. Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha Over the past decade, there has been yet another debate about whether pay-for-performance, the notion that the amount you…
New Brief Looks at Case Studies in Telehealth Adoption
Scaling Telehealth Programs: Lessons from Early Adopters The Commonwealth Fund is a non-profit organization established in 1918 to promote a high-performing health care system that…
CMS to Integrate Children’s EHR Format Into Future ONC Certification Criteria
New children’s electronic health record format announced The benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) may become more widely available to children through an EHR format…
HIMSS 2013 Announces Details of Angel Health IT Venture Fair
HIMSS Conference – Health IT at the Right Time, Right Place We are now a month away from the health IT industry’s biggest event. The…
The Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule Released
Rule requires public reporting of financial relationships between doctors and drug or medical device companies On February 1, 2013 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
ONC Asks for Input on Interoperability Testing Scenerio
First Draft of ONC Test Scenario Open for Comment On September 4, 2012 the ONC issued the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification…
Engaging Patients Through Interactive Technology
Digital Signage and Engaging Patients If you are from Hartford you know when you see a red umbrella it means Travelers Insurance. If you have…
A New Era of Patient Engagement
Health Affairs Briefing on Patient Engagement If you live in the Washington, D.C. area or just happen to be there tomorrow make a point to…