ONC Launches Redesigned HealthIT.gov
By Zhan Caplan – I’m pleased to introduce our new and improved website – a resource that provides visitors with an authoritative resource on all things related to health IT.
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Common Pitfalls To Avoid When Scoping Out EHR Projects
By David Kushan – It’s very difficult to hit a moving target; even more so if that target isn’t easy to spot. If you dive into an EHR project without a clear sense of where you want to go and what it’s going to take to get there, you’re flying blind.
What’s Going On with Blockchain in Healthcare?
Keeping up with technologies changing how healthcare is delivered. Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare? Here is some news.
Should you Integrate your GRC Platform with your Back-End Systems?
By Grant Elliott – One of the key objectives when developing an effective security and compliance management program is to remain interdependent of core systems.
You Received a Letter from OCR, Now What?
By Matt Fisher – At some point in time most group practices, hospitals or other provider organizations will receive a letter from the OCR. The letter will state that OCR received a complaint from a patient, employee or some other party with knowledge or information as to alleged acts at the healthcare organization.
HHS Announces Health Data Provenance Challenge Winners
Phase 2 winners of the “Oh the Places Data Goes: Health Data Provenance” Challenge were announced. Congratulations to 1UpHealth and RAIN Live Oak Technology.
Lessons from HIMSS18: The Need for Cloud, “Killer Apps’ and Connectivity
By Donald Voltz, MD – But Are They Already Here? In his HIMSS keynote address, Alphabet’s former executive chairman and now current technical advisor Eric Schmidt warned attendees that the “future of healthcare lies in the need for killer apps.”
Choosing an EHR for its Usability
By Bennett Lauber – The usability of the system is probably the most important factor in making an informed choice of which EHR to use for your practice. Most every bit of software says that it is easy to use, but how can you choose an EHR that is actually usable?
Visualized: Mashing up 2015 Edition Certification and Progress Attestation Requirements
By Steven Posnack, Dustin Charles, & Wes Barker – Have you ever wondered what a health IT developer’s share of meaningful use eligible hospitals looked like compared to its peers? How about the same for eligible clinicians under the QPP?