Health IT Digest Featuring Meaningful Use, Patient Portals, HIPAA, Stage 2 CQMs
This week’s posts include Patient Portals in Stage 2 Meaningful Use and more Patient Portals a Necessity for Stage 2 Meaningful Use The release of…
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Patient Portal a Necessity for Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Providers, Hospitals need a Patient Portal to meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use The release of proposed Stage 2 requirements has everyone jumping on the Patient…
NwHIN Moving to Public-Private Model
Transformation of NwHIN by Fall of 2012 The ONC has defined the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) as “the set of standards, services and policies…
Health Information Exchange (HIE) is Real in Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Health Information Exchange in the NPRM ONC Mostashari keeps saying it and I keep quoting it. “We can’t wait 5 years to get standards based…
Health Information Exchange and Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Stage 2 Meaningful Use and HIE It’s been almost two weeks since ONC’s announcement at HIMSS 2012 of proposed Stage 2 meaningful use requirements, plenty…
Privacy Issues, Opting Out and Health Information Exchanges
Health Information Exchanges and Privacy What if everyone opts out? America has a love hate relationship with the Internet. On the one hand we love…
Health Information Exchanged Between States
Health Information Exchange Crosses State Lines Health Information Exchange (HIE) is a key part of EHR adoption and achieving the goals of the HITECH Act….
NCSL ranks healthcare among state legislators’ top 2012 priorities
Tom Sullivan Editor at Government Health IT The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) on Tuesday published its annual listing of top priorities for the…
HIT Standards Committee and HIE Specifications
Committee seeks comments on HIE Specifications The Health IT Standards Committee is charged with making recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health IT on standards,…