Quality Measurement 2.0
Clinical Quality Measures a Problem Spot in Certification By John Halamka, MD I’ve written several posts about the frustrating aspects of Meaningful Use Stage 2…
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Advice to the Next National Coordinator
COMMENTARY Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS Life as a Healthcare CIO Twitter: @jhalamka Over the next few months, Jacob Reider will serve as the interim National…
ONC Standards Committee Urges Stage 3 Menu Options in Lieu of Core
Make interoperability the priority In recommendations on stage 3 meaningful use, the Office of the National Coordinator’s Health IT Standards Committee is urging ONC leaders…
Massachusetts Launches Statewide Health Information Exchange
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) Kicks off HIway The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit pioneer and leader in healthcare delivery through health information technology, announced…
HL7 Health Information Standard Will Be Free in 2013
HL7 Makes Standards Free Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a nonprofit, ANSI-accredited standards development organization founded in 1987. The organization is dedicated to providing framework…
ONC’s Meetings, Groups, and Initiatives
Checking up on the ONC Today is the August HIT Standards Committee Meeting from 9am to 3 pm ET. Hear from Co-chair John Halamka, ONC…
Heroes of EHR Adoption
Those Making an Impact on EHR Adoption OK I’m going to seriously date myself here. My first heroes emerged from the flickering black and white…
Two comment deadlines on Thursday
If you have nothing to do in the next couple of days the ONC would like to hear from you. ONC seeks comments on Standards…
Friday at Five – 10/1/10
. Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week our favorite Dear…