Defining Patient-centric Health IT
Patient-centric Health IT Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards A question came up on the Society for Participatory Medicine’s e-mail list the other day. Basically, it boiled…
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CAH Providers Can Now Participate in EHR Incentive Program
CAH Method II Physicians get eligibility to EHR Incentive Program In a letter dated January 9, 2013 from American Hospital Association (AHA) Executive VP Rick…
NIST Looks to Test Security of Health Information Exchange
NIST Secure Exchange of Electronic Health Information Demonstration Project The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency that operates as…
Researches Identify Ways to Improve Quality of Care from EHRs
New Study Shows Ways Quality of Care Measures can be Improved for EHRs Health care providers and hospitals are being offered up to $27 billion…
Certification Bodies Now Authorized to Certify Stage 2 EHR Products
ONC HIT Certification Program For Stage 2 EHR Technology The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced last week that ONC-Authorized…
Pew Research Center Releases Health Online 2013
Pew Research Finds 35% Americans are ‘Online Diagnosers’ The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects comprising the Pew Research Center,…
Leading Organizations Comment On Stage 3 Meaningful Use
Comments On Stage 3 Meaningful Use Yesterday the American Medical Association (AMA), the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the…
EHR Adoption by Family Physicians Likely To surpass 80% in 2013
EHR Adoption Accelerating Among Family Physicians The Annals of Family Medicine is a non-profit, peer-reviewed research journal with a mission to advance the improvement of healthcare delivery among…
Attestation Deadline for 2012 Medicare EHR Incentive Program
February 28, 2013 Deadline for Attestation For those Eligible Professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, 2012 would have been…