EHR Incentive Program Status Report July 2015
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – July.
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Health IT Business News – August 20, 2015
Cerner’s bid for the DoD’s EHR contract has gone unchallenged with the protest period for competing bidders now past. A DoD spokeswoman confirmed no challenges have been filed, clearing the way for Cerner on the planned EHR deployment.
IBM Acquisition of Merge Healthcare will Spur New Era of Radiology
By Stephen Holloway – IBM’s new and significant investment play into healthcare (following acquisition of Phytel Inc. and Explorys Inc. in the last year), is based on expanding the capability of IBM’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform ”Watson” to drive new diagnostic software for medical applications.
ONC Federal Advisory Committee Positions Open
ONC is seeking applications for the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) and Health IT Standards Committee (HITPC). If you are interested in becoming a member of the either committee, you can submit an application using ONC’s application database through Friday, September 11.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report June 2015
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – June.
WEDI ICD-10 Survey Results
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of its findings from its June 2015 ICD-10 Industry Readiness Survey.
Health IT Business News – August 6, 2015
Health Catalyst, provider of data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement, announced that it has acquired Health Care DataWorks (HCD), a provider of business intelligence for health systems. The cash-and-stock purchase closed on July 31.
BoardVitals Raises $1.1M to Build the Wikipedia of Medicine
BoardVitals, a rapidly growing healthcare startup based in New York City, announced that it has raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from Rock Creek Capital, a Salt Lake City based growth equity fund.
Survey Finds Support for the Affordable Care Act Among Physician Leaders
Results of a comprehensive survey by the American Association for Physician Leadership ® and Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis show widespread support for the U.S. Affordable Care Act among physician leaders nationwide.