Bipartisan Policy Center to Hold Discussion on Patient Safety in Health IT
Tom Daschle to Lead Health IT Safety Policy Discussion The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a non-profit founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders…
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Digital Overload, Looming Deadlines Driving New Challenges for Health IT Executives
Independent Study Commissioned by Level 3 Reveals Confidence Lacking in Network Security as Infrastructure Demands Continue to Increase PRNewswire/ — Network security issues, vital infrastructure…
Online Tool Docket Wrench Tracks Health IT Policy Influencers
Docket Wrench Monitors Comments Across Federal Agencies The Sunlight Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve transparency and access to government information…
Health IT Business News Recap – February 3, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News The holidays are over and today marks one of the year’s milestone events as the Ravens and the 49ers…
ONC to Host Joint Hearing on Health Information Exchange
HIT Policy and HIT Standards Committees Hold Hearing Tomorrow Tomorrow, January 29, 2013, the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee will…
All the Tools in the Toolbox: How ONC Delivered Value In 2012
A recent story characterized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as both “the federal office in charge of a massive rollout of electronic health records” as well as “an office whose primary role has been cheerleader” for health information technology. Well, which is it?
To be fair, since David Brailer’s time, the National Coordinator for Health IT has had two distinct roles:
Defining Patient-centric Health IT
Patient-centric Health IT Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards A question came up on the Society for Participatory Medicine’s e-mail list the other day. Basically, it boiled…
HRSA Hosts Health IT and Quality Webinar
HRSA Webinar Addresses Upgrading EHR and Health IT Systems The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency operating under Health and Human Services…
Commonwealth Fund Report Says Health IT Could Stabilize Healthcare Spending
Latest Research by The Commonwealth Fund Released The Commonwealth Fund is a non-profit organization established in 1918 to promote the common good. It was one…