Is “Meaningful Use” Delivering Meaningful Results?
An Examination of Health Information Technology Standards and Interoperability On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation of the Committee on Science,…
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HIMSS Hosts Virtual Briefing on Interoperability
Interoperability of Health Information Systems The IHE International Academy for Interoperability: A Healthcare IT Virtual Learning Network is a HIMSS Virtual Briefing taking place tomorrow,…
ONC Tiger Team Hosts Hearing on Patient Credentialing
Web Hearing Addresses Patient Engagement in Stage 2 MU To meet Stage 2 meaningful use requirements providers will need to give their patients the ability to…
The Healthcare Data Imperative
Transforming Healthcare Through Support of Clinical Documentation By Terri Mitchell, MSN, RN Director of Clinical Informatics Solutions, Nuance Healthcare In today’s healthcare environment, healthcare organizations…
Pew Research Releases 2012 Mobile Health Report
Half of Smartphone Owners Use Phones to Search for Health Information The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects comprising the…
ECRI Names Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2013
EHR Data Mismatches and Interoperability Failures Make Annual List The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to…
Patient Engagement in Health IT: The New Frontier
Do doctors resist health information exchange with patients? Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Health technology tools are rapidly emerging, a swirling rising tide of products…
New Report Indicates Private Practice Physicians Dwindling
1 in 3 Physicians Seek to Transform to Subscription-based Care A new report released last week by consulting giant Accenture finds more and more physicians…
New Research on Impact of Health IT on Ambulatory Workflows
AHRQ to examine health IT, practice workflow redesign Erin McCann, Contributing Editor Government HealthIT A new project by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality…