House panel hearing on Meaningful Use
The House Science and Technology Committee’s Technology and Innovation Subcommittee will conduct a hearing this Thursday the 30th on Standards for Health IT: Meaningful Use…
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CCHIT Certification Conference Call
On an open conference call and interactive web meeting yesterday, nearly 500 attendees dialed in to hear CCHIT announce and explain their newest ONC-ATCB certified…
ONC-ATCB Update – New EHR Certifier
Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ATCBs) are selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT). The ONC-ATCBs are required to…
Recovery Room – 9/16/10
The ONC received an unexpected application from WenoHealthcare to become an authorized testing and certification body (ONC-ATCB). Weno has stated they are accepting early applications…
Friday at Five – 9/3/10
. Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week the ONC named…
First Entities Authorized to Certify EHRs
Yesterday the ONC announced the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and the Drummond Group Inc. are the first entities authorized to certify EHR…
Enrollment Workgroup soliciting comments
In March of 2010 the Affordable Care Act was enacted. The Act asks the HIT Policy and HIT Standards Committees to come up with a…
HIPAA final rule goes back to the drawing board
August 24, 2009, HHS issued the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information; Interim Final Rule. The rule requires certain health care facilities to notify…
EmpowHER’s 1000 Women Campaign
Every once in a while, we take a post-break from the HITECH Act, meaningful use, HIPAA and other HIT related issues to focus attention on topics near…