EHR and Cyber Security
COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author The FDA has issued a draft guidance…
Read MoreFDA
Will UDI Capability Be Incorporated into EHR Certification?
EHR Meets UDI COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Unique Device Identification (UDI) is a…
New Health IT Workgroup Will Address Patient Safety and Innovation
Health IT workgroup to give recommendations for regulatory framework Members of a newly created health information technology (health IT) workgroup have been selected and announced….
FDA to Release Mobile Health Application Guidance
Final Mobile Health Guide Expected by Oct. 1 Last week the Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) concluded three days of hearings discussing the role…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – July 15, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News IDC Health Insights released a new report evaluating the Health Information Exchange (HIE) marketplace. Not surprising, the report found…
CMS Year End Update
CMS Recent Announcements Keeping up with CMS these days is almost a full time job. Here are some matters you might want to know. The…
CMS Update on Heart Failure CQM
CMS Releases Updates on Heart Failure CQMs Meaningful use core objective #10 for Eligible Professionals is to report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS. EPs must…
EHRs and the role of the FDA
By Wm. T. Oravecz WTO-Associates LLC What’s the fuss? iHealthBeat has posted a Special Report this month headlined “Health IT Policy Committee Debates Role of…
Friday at Five – 6/25/10
Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week we pick what look to…