Will HITECH Act money be there tomorrow?
HITECH Act Funding It is a great question with no sure answer. Times are tough as they say. Everything is “on the table” when it…
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A Look Ahead at the Future of RECs
Todd Searls was a recent guest on HITECH Answers MU Live! We asked him what the future held for the RECs. What folllows concludes Todd’s two-part…
What’s next for the RECs?
Todd Searls was a recent guest on HITECH Answers MU Live! We asked the question we figured was on everyone’s mind.The answer was multi-layered. What follows…
EHR Technology and Meaningful Improvement in Healthcare
Conflicting Studies on Using EHR Technology William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University Blog:…
Confusion over Oct. 3 deadline for EHR Incentive Programs
How Do We Report Meaningful Use? What would the Dali Lama do? In the past week I have run across numerous examples of confusion and…
Meaningful Use Criteria and the ACO
Sarianne Gruber MPH, MS SG Healthcare Analytics LLC Accountable Care Organizations or more commonly called ACOs plan to be the new Medicare business models for…
Federal Strategic Health IT Plan: 2011-2015
ONC Announces Federal Health IT Strategic Plan The ONC, along with its federal partners, announced the released of the current version of the Federal Health…
EHRs, Strategic Plans, and Homeland Security
Recovery Room 9/7/11 It has been a while since we have done a Recovery Room post. In these posts we like to highlight events that…
HITECH Act is not about Reform
Sorting Out the HITECH Act Like last week’s posts on EHR certification seals, I am amazed at the feedback received on my post yesterday, Will…