HIMSS Annual Survey Shows Federal Health IT Initiatives Are Paying Off
Impact of Provider Investments in Health IT On Monday HIMSS released the results to their annual Leadership Survey. The results of the survey indicate that…
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HHS Sets Goal of 50% of Physicians Using EHRs by Year End
2013 Agenda to Focus on Improving Care through Health IT Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and the National…
The Healthcare revolution will not be televised, but it might be Tweeted
Commentary by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate A brief history lesson for those under 60. In the heady days of the Cultural Revolution against Richard Nixon,…
Using Technology to Deliver Better Data – And Enable Better Outcomes
Daniel Newman, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), MEDfx Working in healthcare IT (HIT) gives us a unique perspective on the future of medicine. Many…
Meaningful Use Attestation Does Not Satisfy PQRS Requirements
Lack of alignment in Meaningful Use and PQRS Confusing There is some confusion in medical practices about whether Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) requirements are…
ONC Launches Stage 2 Meaningful Use Interoperability Online Course
Stage 2 Meaningful and Interoperability Course The State HIE Program Policy Office and the Regional Extension Center Program have released Interoperability Basics, a 75 minute online…
Kaiser Permanente Examines Gaps in How Physicians, Media, Policymakers Talk About Health
Analysis of over 2 million Tweets highlights approach to health care Kaiser Permanente has released the results of a new data analysis focused on how physicians,…
CMS Launches EHR Incentive Participation Timeline Tool
New EHR Incentive Resource and other CMS Updates The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health…
Data Mining Systems Improve Cost and Quality of Healthcare – Or Do They?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…