Meaningful Use Workgroup Created
HIT Policy Committee Establishes Meaningful Use Workgroup .. In the May HIT Policy Committee meeting 3 primary areas were determined and workgroups were created. These…
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Meaningful Use Recommendations from HIT Policy Committee
HIT Policy Committee on Meaningful Use Definition .. Two big events this week, no doubt what everyone will be talking about. Monday, Obama will be speaking…
“Meaningful Use” Recommendations from Selected Groups
Leading Associations Weigh in on Meaningful Use Requirements .. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recommends: To ensure continuity, recognize CCHIT as the certifying…
“Meaningful Use” to be Defined Soon
Meaningful Use of Certified EHR .. ONCHIT Deputy National Coordinator, Charles Friedman spoke at the Government Health IT Conference today stating a formal definition of…
Regional Extension Centers Contracts to be Awarded
HIT Regional Extension Centers Established The ONC posted notice and request for comment in the Federal Register, May 28, 2009 for the establishment of Regional…
CCHIT Adapts to HITECH Act Requirements
Will CCHIT Become Certifying Body for HITECH? Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is a private not-for-profit organization that serves as a recognized certification authority…
First meeting of the HIT Policy Committee
Health IT Policy Committee Established In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides that the Health IT (HIT) Policy Committee be…
First meeting of the HIT Standards Committee
Health IT (HIT) Standards Committee Established In 2009,the ARRA also provides that the HIT Standards Committee be created under FACA and charged with making recommendations…
David Blumenthal, MD Named Head of ONC
Blumenthal will lead efforts of $19 billion in HITECH Act funding David Blumenthal, MD, MPP from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School was named the national…