The Recovery Room – 11/15/09
Dr. Mark Leavitt, chairman of CCHIT announced he will retire in March. He gave personal reasons for his decision to leave. Leavitt has been the…
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The Recovery Room – 11/3/09
The newly formed HIT Standards Implementation Workgroup with its chair, Aneesh Chopra, held a public hearing on adoption experiences last Thursday. The workgroup is charged…
Look who’s blogging now
On Wednesday, October 28th, Judy Sparrow was the first to post on the new Federal Advisory Committee blog. The HIT Policy and Standards Committees are…
October HIT Policy Meeting
The HIT Policy Committee won’t be meeting next month but had a day and a half extravaganza last week on the 27th and 28th. Blumenthal…
The Waiting Room – week of 10/25/09
This month’s two day HIT Policy Committee meeting will take place on October 27 and 28. On the agenda are updates from the Information Exchange…
October HIT Standards Committee
The Standards committee met on Wednesday, October 14th. Updates from the Clinical Quality, Clinical Operations, and Privacy & Security work groups were heard. The Clinical…
The Recovery Room – 10/11/09
October 1st, Secretary Sebelius releases report on how health information technology can improve health care for Americans living in rural communities. The report examines how…
Bar codes, Google, and Me
I was reminded yet again today of my days in programming, EDI, and bar coding. Google often changes it’s logo on their search page to…
The Waiting Room – week of 10/4/09
Industry events will highlight the upcoming week. All the big names will be out, visible, and speaking. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Conference,…