EHR vs EMR…Again
Actual Electronic Information Exchange Needs to Become Routine Dr. William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this…
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AHRQ Releases PHR Handbook and Seeks Comments
AHRQ Funds Projects for Health IT The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is an agency under the Department of Health & Human Services…
UnitedHealthcare Implements Blue Button Program
UnitedHealthcare Promotes Use of Personal Health Records The Blue Button Initiative was launched in August 2010 in an effort to accelerate patient access to their health records….
How Stage 2 Meaningful Use Affects Record Release
Meaningful Use Changes Will Drive Patient Portals or PHR Applications Steve Emery Author of HealthPort Meaningful Use News & Updates The Stage 2 Meaningful Use Notice…
The End of Google Health
Google Announces End of Google Health Product I got my email recently to remind me about my Google Health account. Last June, Google announced they…
Recapping Health IT Week
National Health IT Week The 6th Annual National Health IT Week is now a wrap. Here are five highlights of the week that we will…
Empowering Patients to Access and Use their Health Information
Kicking off National Health IT Week, the ONC and HHS streamed its Consumer Health IT Summit live on line yesterday. Secretary Sebelius, ONC Mostashari,…