Health IT News from HHS
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HHS Makes Progress on Health IT Safety Plan with Release of the SAFER Guides
New Tools Will Help Providers and Health IT Developers Make Safer Use of EHRs The following is email communication from the ONC. A new set…
HIT and Healthcare Pop Quizzes
Do You Know Your Stuff? What do you know about HITECH, HIPAA, or ACA? Here are some quizzes that will test your knowledge or correct…
Health IT Appointments and Hires
Companies and Organizations Announce New Team Members The following are announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments in the healthcare and health IT…
HHS Awards $55.5 Million to Bolster America’s Health Care Workforce
More Than 270 Grants Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $55.5 million in funding awarded in FY 2013 to strengthen training for…
Healthcare.gov Improvements and Updates
Can Sebelius Survive the Heat? With 143 days remaining to enroll in a Healthcare Exchange, Healthcare.gov is still working overtime to iron out the wrinkles. They…
Who Can Save Healthcare.gov?
Who’s to Blame for Healthcare.gov? With 150 days remaining to enroll in a Healthcare Exchange, Healthcare.gov still has some issues. You can find almost a…
Gov’t shutdown hits HHS, ONC hard
By Tom Sullivan, Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor The resurrected phrase in Washington on Tuesday is “orderly phase-down and suspension of operations.” Midnight Monday arrived without…
Patient Consent for Electronic Health Information Exchange
HealthIT.gov Add Meaningful Consent Tools HHS announced the launch of an online resource to help health care providers effectively engage patients in choosing how they want their…