Program Supports Health IT Workforce Training and Development The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency operating under Health and Human Services (HHS)…
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Industry and Government Already Benefiting from Cybersecurity Collaboration The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced last week the establishment of a new working group to support the White…
Needing Better Technology for Unitentional Injuries David Condra Amplion Clinical Communications Hospitals nationwide are making efforts to reduce the rates of patient falls, and we as…
Meaningful Use vs meaningful use COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu As readers of HITECH Answers know, Meaningful Use (MU)…
Live Stream ICD-10 Update Meeting on March 5 The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee will hold an ICD-10 Update meeting on Tuesday, March 5 from 9 am–5 pm…
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…
This Week’s Health IT Business News “Now is the winter of our discontent”, goes the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III. The last couple of…
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research…
Required Revisions to Notices of Privacy Practices for Healthcare Providers Last month, HHS issued the long-awaited omnibus final rule that implements, among other things, a…