HIMSS Policy Summit Asks for Patient Data Matching Strategies
Unique Patient Identifiers (UPI) Needs to be Addressed Again The National Health IT week this year ended its week long activities and events with the…
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ONC Blue Button Video Challenge Begins
Latest ONC Health IT Video Contest Announced Yesterday ONC kicked off the Blue Button Video Challenge as a means to create awareness around its Blue…
Disaster Preparedness Must Include HIE
Southeast Regional HIT-HIE Collaboration Final Report The HITECH Act outlined mandates and provided funding for a multitude of developing programs and initiatives all to increase…
New Certification Criteria Test Procedures Released
4th Wave Now Released for Public Review and Comment On Tuesday, September 4th, the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic…
Disaster Preparedness Must Include HIE
Southeast Regional HIT-HIE Collaboration Final Report The HITECH Act outlined mandates and provided funding for a multitude of developing programs and initiatives all to increase…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – September 30, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News We close out the month with the several big merger and acquisition announcements. Â News broke Thurday of the Nuance…
AHIMA Debuts Consumer PHR Guide
New Consumer Guide Increases Awareness About PHRs According to InformationWeek, only around 10% of patients use Personal Health Records (PHR). This is often simply because…
IOM Discussion Paper Pushes for EHR Usability Comparisons
Transparency in EHR User Experiences The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit organization providing unbiased and authoritative research and advice to both decision makers and the…
AHIMA 84th Annual Convention & Exhibit
Focus on HIM’s Global Transformation The American Health Information Management Association better known as AHIMA (a-he-ma), will put on its 84th Annual Convention next week…