HHS Releases New Data Sets at Health Datapalooza
New Data on Medicare Spending and EHR Adoption Health Datapalooza IV kicked off yesterday and with it came the release of new data from Health…
Read MoreNews
HHS Seeks Input and Comments on HIPAA Audit Process
OCR Issues ICR on HIPAA Audit Program The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health…
Health IT Business News – Friday, May 31, 2013
Today’s Business News Iatric Systems, healthcare IT integration company, announced that it has acquired the business assets of Accent on Integration, a Dallas-based healthcare systems and…
HRSA Holds Webinar on EHRs and Smoking Cessation
HRSA Webinar on Using an EHR and Quality Data for Smoking Cessation The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency operating under Health…
ONC Releases Direct Implementation Guide to Aid in Interoperability
Common Practices for HISPs, Accrediting Bodies Established for Security and Interoperability Last week the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released the…
Grants to Advance Health Information Exchange
$1.5 Million from Massachusetts eHealth Institute The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is soliciting proposals for the $1.5 million Mass HIway Vendor…
PatientsLikeMe Seeks Participation in New Open Research Exchange Platform
Names Advisory Board forResearch Platform on Patient-Centered Health Outcome Measures Last week PatientsLikeMe announced an open call for medical researchers to be among the first…
Health IT Business News – Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Today’s Business News Adoption of electronic health records (EHR) systems in U.S. medical practices has reached an all-time high, as more than three in four…
Upcoming EHR Incentive Deadlines and Milestones
Latest CMS Updates The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) which…