Hearing Set on Halting of DoD, VA iEHR Initative
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Decision to Drop integrated EHR (iEHR) The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing later this month…
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When Resiliency and Contingency is Critical to the Business
Commentary by David Finn, Health IT Officer at Symantec LinkedIn Profile A lot of you know that I’ve been hanging around Health IT for over 20…
EHRs By Themselves Will Not Eliminate Paperwork
Paperwork in an EHR-enabled medical office Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems come with the vision of eliminating paper in a…
Strengthening Your HIPAA Business Associate Chain
You aren’t alone in protecting patient data Electronic data has created the opportunity to lose thousands of patient records in just a few seconds. Enforcement…
Alert Fatigue and Overdependence: Two Sides of the Same EHR Coin
Impact of EHR Alerts Amanda Guerrero Twitter: @meanusenetwork Electronic health record software promises enhancements in clinical and organizational outcomes. Yet, anyone who has implemented an EHR…
New Brief Looks at Case Studies in Telehealth Adoption
Scaling Telehealth Programs: Lessons from Early Adopters The Commonwealth Fund is a non-profit organization established in 1918 to promote a high-performing health care system that…
Getting Pay-For-Performance Right
By Dr. Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha Over the past decade, there has been yet another debate about whether pay-for-performance, the notion that the amount you…
The Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule Released
Rule requires public reporting of financial relationships between doctors and drug or medical device companies On February 1, 2013 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Online Tool Docket Wrench Tracks Health IT Policy Influencers
Docket Wrench Monitors Comments Across Federal Agencies The Sunlight Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve transparency and access to government information…