HHS Office of Inspector General releases EHR Report
OIG Study Shows EHR Use in Medicare Physicians Each cabinet department and independent agency of the federal government has an Office of the Inspector General…
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CHPL Ver. 2.1 Released Today
Certified Health IT Product List Updated The ONC released the newest version of the Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) today. The ONC says it…
Interest in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Growing
PROMises, PROMises: Finally, Quality Care We Really Care About By Thomas Tsang, MD and Faraz Ahmad, MD Patient-centered care and patient engagement have become central…
American Medical Association Takes Up ICD-11 Cause
AMA Adds New Wrinkle to ICD-10 Delay: ICD-11 Tom Sullivan Editor at Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor ICD-10 proponents are not going to like this…
Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study
ARRA Funded Alzheimer’s Disease Study Seeks Volunteers In one month it will be a year since my mother passed away living her final years with…
NeHC Offers Program on Guidelines for Electronic Transactions
Healthcare Administrative Transactions Simplified: The Role of Federally Mandated Operating Rules The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership that enables secure and interoperable…
Health IT Digest – EHR Incentive Goal, Stage 4 Meaningful Use, New CTO
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption, NwHIN, ONC Challenge.gov winners and more… HHS Recruits Outside Innovation Expertise HHS is seeking entrepreneurs to help accelerate innovation….
Implementation Challenges and Barriers to Successful HIEs
HIEs Need Cultural “MegaChange” to Flourish John Smith ICA The alchemy involved in developing and executing a successful health information exchange (HIE) is complex. Technology,…
HIMSS EHRA Responds to ONC RFI
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association weighs in on NwHIN Governance The HIMSS’ Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) is comprised of 41 companies related to electronic health…