Meaningful Use and Affairs of the Heart
Reporting Heart-related CQMs for Meaningful Use February is American Heart Month. The CDC states that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both…
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Seeking Input: Evidence Report for HIE
Comment Period Open Until Feb 26th William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Last fall, I reported that the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC),…
#HIMSS14 Just Around the Corner
Keep Up To Date On #HIMSS14 The 2014 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition will be held on February 23-27 in Orlando this year. It will…
CFO Charged with Meaningful Use Fraud
Indictment Issued for False Statements to CMS and Aggravated Identity Theft By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com It…
HIMSS Spot Meet Ups to Consider
Keep Up To Date On #HIMSS14 The 2014 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition will be held on February 23-27 in Orlando this year. It will…
Advice to the New National Coordinator
Fragile Times Now That HITECH Funding Has Passed By John Halamka, MD Karen DeSalvo started as the new National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology on…
Interoperability Keynote at HCI-DC 2014
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell and the new National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, will be featured as keynote speakers at HCI-DC 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Health Care System on Feb. 6, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
Meaningful Delay?
Not a Time to Put Things on Hold By Van Zimmerman @DataMotion On December 6, the Centers for Medicate & Medicaid Services (CMS), through a blog…
CCHIT Exiting ONC Certification Business
CCHIT No Longer Accepting Certification Applications In a letter to their customers, Alisa Ray, Executive Director of CCHIT announced a change in their strategic direction. Effective…