Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week we are highlighting five resource web sites we think you should have on your favorites list. If you have anything to do with Health IT and the HITECH Act you can’t do without these resources.
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CMS – EHR Incentive Programs
The Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. This official web site provides up-to-date, detailed information about the Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs. Use the tabs to the left to find additional information regarding various aspects of the program.
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Healthcare.gov
An HHS web site “designed to help you, your family, your business, your parents and grandparents, and your neighbors and friends get the information you need to make the best choices about your health care.”
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ONC Meaningful Use
One of the areas of the ONC web site, healthit.hhs.gov. Keep up to date with all of the ONC on this site, but in particular MU.
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The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
HITSP is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors. The Panel was formed for the purpose of harmonizing and integrating standards that will meet clinical and business needs for sharing information among organizations and systems.
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HHS Regulations
Department issued regulations to implement laws and develop policies and guidance for industry, state and local governments, and other organizations. The topics of Health Information Technology Standards, Additional Laws & Regulation, and Policies & Guidelines are included.
