ONC Updates EHR Implementation Resources
Change Management and CQI Strategies for EHR Implementation The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) in partnership with the National Learning Consortium (NLC) provides a…
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Impact of EHR Technology On Healthcare Costs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries
EHR Technology’s Affect On Medicaid Costs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Information Products & Data Analytics  has released a research report evaluating…
Massachusetts State Health Information Exchange (Mass HIway)
Spotlight on State Exchange: Mass HIway The Massachusetts Health Information Highway or better known as Mass HIway, is the infrastructure that will enable the electronic…
Healtheway Announces Founding Members for Public/Private Health IT Exchange
Looks to Promote Adoption of Nationwide Health Information Exchange Healtheway, the non-profit, public-private partnership that operationally supports the eHealth Exchange (formerly known as the Nationwide…
AMA Supports House Bill to Eliminate Certain Medicare EHR Incentive Reimbursement Penalties
Supports Key Hardship Exemptions to Medicare EHR Incentives In March of this year, Republican Representative Diane Black of Tennessee introduced a new bill seeking to…
ONC Mostashari Says Slow but Steady Progress on Interoperability
By Anthony Brino, Government Health IT Achieving Farzad Mostashari’s vision for a U.S. healthcare system where “every encounter and every patient has access to all the world’s…
CMS Changes to Stage 1 Meaningful Use
CMS Updates Resources for Changes to Stage 1 Meaningful Use Stage 2 of the EHR Incentive Program begins in 2014. Eligible Professionals (EPs) and eligible…
HIT Policy Committee Gives Update on EHR Incentive Program Progess
Latest EHR Incentive Program Data Released At last week’s HIT Policy Committee meeting Robert Anthony, deputy director of the Health IT Initiative Group at CMS’ Office…
Transition of Care Measures for Stage 2 MU
Guidance and Training on Transition of Care Measures ONC releases document prepared for them on supporting meaningful use stage 2 transition of care measures. The…