Congressional Hearings On Potential Regulations of Mobile Apps Conclude
Coverage of Testimony at Three Days of Hearings The Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) has concluded three days of hearings discussing the role of…
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CDC Hosts Calls for EHR Vendors on Cancer Reporting in Stage 2
CDC and Public Health Objective of Cancer Reporting Stage 2 Eligible Professional Meaningful Use Menu Set Measures Measure #5 requires EPs to have the capability…
Limitations of Medical Device Data Systems as a Feeder of an EHR
EHR Meets MDDS COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu With the exception of imaging and lab results, the EHR…
Upcoming CMS Important Dates and Deadlines
Information from CMS on Issues Impacting Providers The following is communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on current affairs that effect…
HIE Resources for Rural Health Stakeholders
HIE resources at the National Rural Health Resource Center The National Rural Health Resource Center has made available a set of practical health information exchange…
ONC Releases Data Briefs on EHR Systems Adoption for Acute Care Hospitals
New Briefs Look at EHR Systems Adoption, Meaningful Use Among Hospitals Last Thursday the ONC released two data briefs on adoption of EHR systems and…
HIMSS Hosts Virtual Educational Session on HIE, Interoperability
Health Information Exchange, Interoperability and Standards: Enablers to Health IT Transformation In case you didn’t get enough interoperability at the HIMSS13 conference last week or…
HHS Sets Goal of 50% of Physicians Using EHRs by Year End
2013 Agenda to Focus on Improving Care through Health IT Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and the National…
HIMSS13: Sequester Will Affect Medicare EHR Pay, ONC Budget
by Kate Ackerman, iHealthBeat Managing Editor NEW ORLEANS — There were nearly 60 education sessions at the Healthcare Information and Management Society’s Annual Conference on…