Massachusetts Docs Await MU Licensing Requirements
By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT Starting in 2015, doctors in Massachusetts will have to show health IT meaningful use proficiency as a…
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Why Healthcare Must Operationalize Data Breach Response
COMMENTARY Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts Over the last decade, the scope of identity theft has widened from credit card and financial fraud…
Is Big Data Getting Too Big?
In the Age of Digital Medicine, Big Data is Big News and Big Business Yesterday, Tom Sullivan, Editor at Government HealthIT, and reporting from his…
June Health IT Conferences and Events
Upcoming Health IT Conferences There are plenty of health IT conferences, conventions, symposiums and forums coming up this summer. You can check out our Health IT…
Why Health IT Security Grows More Complex
Former DoD Cyber-security Analyst Addresses HIPAA Security Challenges By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is starting enforcement of…
EHR Dissatisfaction: A tech or people problem?
By Kimberly Martini Division vice president, AMN Healthcare A percolating problem is beginning to boil over: doctors and nurses really don’t like their new electronic…
Mostashari Defends Vendor Fee Proposal
By Anthony Brino, Government Health IT The U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, outlined his ideas for a proposed vendor fee at a…
Is new EHR vendor-led coalition looking to replace HIEs?
HIT Policy Committee Questions CommonWell Goals By Diana Manos, Government HealthIT At a meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee on April 3, National Coordinator for Health…
DoD, VA Recommit to Joint EHR System
DoD, VA reiterate commitment to iEHR — again Tom Sullivan Editor at Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor After a morning of Congressional tongue-lashings Wednesday during a House…