Is Meaningful Use Stifling Innovation in Health IT?
COMMENTARY Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards Twitter @Motorcycle_Guy I write this post after reading Margalit Gur-Arie’s excellent post on Alternative Health IT. She’s one of those…
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HIMSS Virtual Event on Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
IHE International Academy for Interoperability Starting this Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 11 am Eastern/10 am Central, HIMSS begins the first of a 3-part virtual…
ONC Launches Slew of Health IT Initiatives in Q2
ONC Initiatives for Q2 2012 The ONC maintained a furious pace of federal Health IT initiatives announced or launched in the second quarter of 2012….
ONC Health eDecisions Initiative
ONC Launching New S&I Framework Initiative – Health eDecisions Call for Participation is today at 4:00 pm Eastern ONC has announced the launch of there…
ONC issues IFR to fix EHR Specification Errors
A new IFR with a request for comment was issued by the ONC and published in the federal register on October 13. The rule was…
January HIT Meetings
The HIT Policy Committee and its workgroups met this month. The Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup met twice, the NHIN, Planning, Privacy, and HIE met once….
Initial 2011 CCHIT/ARRA Certifications Announced
The following guest post is provided by Jim Tate, President of EMR Advocate Finally, the log jam has begun to break. CCHIT announced December 1st,…
The Recovery Room – 11/15/09
Dr. Mark Leavitt, chairman of CCHIT announced he will retire in March. He gave personal reasons for his decision to leave. Leavitt has been the…
Selecting an EHR – Getting down to basics
Are you thinking of buying an EHR system? So are thousands of other physicians and practices. Is there a right place to start? You can…