Four Years Later: Impact of the HITECH Act on EHR Implementations
New Report Looks At 2013 EHR Buying Trends By David Fried, Software Advice In a press release last Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human…
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HIPAA Compliant Emails: Myths and Facts
By Mike Semel Understand What Constitutes HIPAA Compliant E-mail Every day I get questions about HIPAA compliant e-mail, and many days I see or hear…
HHS Reports Providers’ Use of Health IT Doubles Since 2012
More than half of America’s doctors have adopted electronic health records HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than half of all doctors and…
Universal EHR? No. Universal Data Access? Yes.
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor A recent blog posting calls for a “universal EMR” for the entire healthcare system. The author provides an example…
Healthcare IT Connect to Videocast Next Week’s 2-Day Summit
Attend State Healthcare IT Videocast The 2013 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit brings together public and private sector thought leaders to share ideas and benchmark…
AMA Board Issues Report Saying Moving Directly to ICD-11 Not an Option
Moving Directly to ICD-11 Fraught with Pitfalls  The American Medical Association has a released a report from its Board of Trustees voicing opinion that skipping…
New Tips for Meeting the Stage 2 Meaningful Use Transition of Care Measure
Lee Stevens, Policy Director, State HIE Program Are you looking for more support on how to meet the transition of care measure that is required for…
ONC Data Brief Looks at RECs Support of PAs, NPs in EHR Adoption
EHR Adoption Progress for PAs and NPs Last week the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released a data brief on how…
ONC Health IT Dashboard Updated with 100,000+ New Data Points
ONC Health IT Dashboard Adds New Quick Stats Feature The ONC Health IT Dashboard is an open government project from the Office of the National Coordinator for…