Introducing the Blue Button Connector
Introducing the Blue Button Connector Lygeia Ricciardi, Director, Office of Consumer eHealth, ONC Adam Dole, Presidential Innovation Fellow, HHS At the HIMSS conference in Orlando…
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Standards, Needs, Chickens and Eggs
Standardized Features Such as the Infobutton William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author In a…
ONC Health IT Curriculum Materials Are Moving
Funding for ONC Health IT Curriculum Has Ended William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the most enduring artifacts from of…
ONC Annouces Proposed Rule for 2015 Edition Certification
Next edition of electronic health record technology certification criteria issued Communication from ONC: Progress by HHS increases interoperability and supports clinical and delivery reforms The…
Health IT News from HHS
Keep Posted on HHS with this Health IT News The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is responsible for protecting the health of the US…
ONC Announces Digital Privacy Notice Challenge
Challenge Open Until April 7th In September 2009 President Obama outlined and initiated his Strategy for American Innovation. He called on agencies to “increase their…
Advice to the New National Coordinator
Fragile Times Now That HITECH Funding Has Passed By John Halamka, MD Karen DeSalvo started as the new National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology on…
Innovation in HIE: An Embarrassing Landscape
Challenging HIT Vendors to Contribute Solutions By Rupinder Colby M.P.H., Analyst at Ascendian Healthcare Consulting In 2010 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health…
Review Shows MU of Health IT Improves Efficiency Outcomes
Updated Literature Review Shows that Meaningful Use of Health IT Improves Quality, Safety, and Efficiency Outcomes A new study by RAND researchers found strong evidence that…