Beacon Communities Learning Guides
Lessons Learned from Beacon Communities The 17 ONC-funded Beacon Communities have compiled and synthesized their lessons learned from building health IT infrastructure, driving population health…
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CMS and ONC Propose New Timeline for EHR Incentive Program
Industry Reacts to Proposed Changes In a joint statement from CMS and ONC last Friday, they laid out the proposal for changes to the EHR…
Progress on Adoption of Electronic Health Records
New Data Shows Rapid Adoption of EHRs; Announcements of 2015 Policies Jacob Reider / Acting National Coordinator for Health Information Technology , and Robert Tagalicod…
Rethinking Certification
Current Certification Criteria are Overly Burdensome By John Halamka, MD As stakeholders in payer, provider, and government communities debate the optimal timing of ICD10, Meaningful…
EHNAC to Host Webinar on MU2 within HIEs
EHNAC-hosted Industry Panel Examines Meaningful Use Stage 2 and Health Information Exchange The proliferation of health information exchanges (HIE) and health information organizations (HIO) over…
EPCS 101 with InfoGard Expert Steve Wilson
My Q&A with Steve Wilson on EPCS By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com The ability of providers to…
Quality Measurement 2.0
Clinical Quality Measures a Problem Spot in Certification By John Halamka, MD I’ve written several posts about the frustrating aspects of Meaningful Use Stage 2…
2014 Certified EHR is More Flexible in Choosing Technology
EHR Certification: 2014 Criteria Redefine Certified EHR Technology By Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services To participate in the Medicare & Medicaid…
November HIT Policy Committee Reports of 2014 Edition Vendors
HIT Policy Committee Meeting The Health IT (HIT) Policy Committee was created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and charged with making recommendations to…