The Recovery Room – 11/15/09
Dr. Mark Leavitt, chairman of CCHIT announced he will retire in March. He gave personal reasons for his decision to leave. Leavitt has been the…
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Selecting an EHR – CPOE
Computerized physician/provider order entry (CPOE), is the process of computer entry of medical orders for the treatment of patients under the licensed provider’s care. These…
The Recovery Room – 11/3/09
The newly formed HIT Standards Implementation Workgroup with its chair, Aneesh Chopra, held a public hearing on adoption experiences last Thursday. The workgroup is charged…
October HIT Policy Meeting
The HIT Policy Committee won’t be meeting next month but had a day and a half extravaganza last week on the 27th and 28th. Blumenthal…
Health IT Stimulus Summit, Dell Acquires Perot Systems, National Health IT Week
Our Week in Review posts are now “The Recovery Room” posts. Our idea and hope is to do at least a Waiting Room (upcoming events…
The Waiting Room – week of 9/13/09
The HIT Policy committee will meet this Friday at 8:30am EST. The meeting like always is open to the public. You can participate over the…
Funding Plan for Regional Centers
On Thursday, August 27, Dr. Farzad Mostashari of ONCHIT, hosted a web conference for over 1200 participants detailing a new grant program authorized by the…
A Week in Review
For a week that had most of America asking, “what happened to summer?” and getting ready for school, you might think there is very little…
More than Just Meaningful Use
While everyone was waiting patiently for the revised recommendations on meaningful use, the real drama was going on with the Certification and Adoption workgroup. Two…