Why Does Identity Matter for Interoperability?
Identity is Vital to the Concept of Interoperability I’m Eric Rosenfeld, Chief Technology Officer at DrFirst. Or am I? Do you really know? But in…
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CONNECT 4.2 Released
CONNECT was initially developed by federal agencies and used to support their electronic health related projects under the Federal Health Architecture. It is considered a…
ONC Interoperability Training Courses
Online MU Stage 2 Standards Courses Training modules on new standards implementation for Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) are now available from…
Better Health Info, Better Health: Announcing ONC’s Certified HIT Mark
Carol Bean / Director, Office of Certification and Testing Peter Garrett / Director, Office of Communications More and more Americans across the country are relying on their…
New ONC 2014 Certification Mark Announced
Communication from ONC’s Office of Communications A new mark for certified electronic health records (EHR) technology was unveiled by the HHS Office of the National…
ONC to Provide Annual Guidance on Surveillance as Part of EHR Certification Process
EHR Certification and Surveillance William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Last week’s ONC Health…
ONC Announces Voluntary Guidelines for HIE Governance
HIE Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange Last month the ONC released the Governance Framwork for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange document. The…
Guidance and Training on Transition of Care Measures
Transition of Care Measures for Stage 2 MU ONC releases document prepared for them on supporting meaningful use stage 2 transition of care measures. The…
2014 eRx Payment Adjustment Deadline Approaches
June 30th Deadline Date on 2014 eRx The Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program is a CMS reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments and payment…