Safeguarding Health Information in Mobile Devices
ONC and HHS Privacy and Security Mobile Device Project The current Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan outlines the nation’s strategy for the health IT…
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Field of Quality Measures at Critical Juncture
The Melody Of Quality Measures: Harmonize And Standardize By Thomas Tsang, MD and Faraz Ahmad, MD With unsustainably high costs and tremendous gaps in quality…
Health Information Exchange and Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Stage 2 Meaningful Use and HIE It’s been almost two weeks since ONC’s announcement at HIMSS 2012 of proposed Stage 2 meaningful use requirements, plenty…
Meaningful Use Webcast Transitions to Internet Radio
Last week at HIMSS we transitioned our weekly MU Live! webcast to the Internet radio station HealthcareNOWradio.com. MU Live! debuted last July as a thirty minute talk…
After HIMSS – A Book Review
David Finn Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile Or How You Gonna Keep ‘Em Down in IT after They’ve Seen the Show I’ve gone…
Will Patients Opt-out of HIEs Over Privacy Concerns?
Health Information Exchanges and Privacy What if everyone opts out? America has a love hate relationship with the Internet. On the one hand we love…
Stage 2 Meaningful Use Summary of Major Provisions
5 Major Provisions for Stage 2 Meaningful Use The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued for Stage 2 CMS EHR Incentive program outlines five major…
ONC NPRM Stage 2 EHR Certification Rule
EHR Certification Criteria On Friday the ONC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health…
Transparency Needed in ONC-ATCBs Process
ONC-ATCBs – Inconsistencies in Testing Methodologies Open Letter to ONC Redux My Uncle Leo gave me one piece of advice, “Don’t whip a dead horse”. …