The Brave New World of Healthcare IT
Interoperability is the Key, Profitability and Patient Engagement the Result, Part I Kathy McCoy, MBA Follow her on Twitter @kathymccoy While most practices are struggling…
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ONC Releases Direct Implementation Guide to Aid in Interoperability
Common Practices for HISPs, Accrediting Bodies Established for Security and Interoperability Last week the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released the…
ONC Offers Five Online Training Courses on Interoperability
Online MU Stage 2 Standards Courses Training modules on new standards implementation for Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) are now available from…
Universal EHR? No. Universal Data Access? Yes.
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor A recent blog posting calls for a “universal EMR” for the entire healthcare system. The author provides an example…
Industry Responds On How to Advance Health Information Exchange
Advancing Interoperability and Health Information Exchange On March 7, 2013 CMS and HHS filed a notice in the Federal Register seeking input on policy and program…
Using EHRs for Health Information Exchange and Interoperability
EHR Use in Health Information Exchange The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency operating under Health and Human Services (HHS) with a…
Health IT Business News Recap – April 7, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News At HIMSS13 in New Orleans last month one of the biggest stories, if not the biggest, was the announcement…
Health IT Business News Recap – March 24, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News HIMSS13 is the conference that just keeps giving. Held earlier this month in New Orleans, the conference gave us…
Limitations of Medical Device Data Systems as a Feeder of an EHR
EHR Meets MDDS COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu With the exception of imaging and lab results, the EHR…