Lab Orders and HIEs
Certification Requirements Needed to Transmit Lab Orders Ken Willett CEO/CTO of Ignis Systems Corporation A recent posting on Michigan Health Connect indicates that while this state-wide HIE…
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Another Certification Criteria Test Procedure Released by ONC
5th Wave Now Released for Public Review and Comment On Tuesday, September 4th, the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic…
NwHIN Exchange Completes Transition to eHealth Exchange
Healtheway Assumes Operations of eHealth Exchange The Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange, which was formerly known as the NHIN Cooperative, is a group of stakeholders…
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…
More Certification Criteria Test Procedures Released
3rd Wave Now Released for Public Review and Comment On Tuesday, September 4th, the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health…
Senate Bill to Expand Medicaid Eligibility for HITECH
MITECH Act Introduced in Senate Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts has introduced the Medicaid Information Technology to Enhance Community Health (MITECH) Act in Senate bill…
Electronically Exchanging Sensitive Health Information
Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative Demonstration An S&I Initiative focuses on an a single issue with goals and outcomes that will improve healthcare delivery through…
HIE End Goal – Implementation and Interoperability
Health Information Exchange: From Standards to Practice By David Muntz, MBA / Principal Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT The recent release of the Stage 2 Meaningful…