Health IT Business News Wrap-up – August 5, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News The electronic trading glitch that hit Wall Street this week leads business news. Just after the opening bell on…
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GAO Reports on EHR Incentive Program
HITECH Act Requires GAO Oversight The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress and investigates how the government…
Stage 1 Meaningful Use Attestation and Barriers
July HIT Policy Committee Presentation on Stage 1 Data from the RECs At the July 10th HIT Policy Committee meeting, Rob Anthony from CMS and…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – July 6, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News Today begins the start of our weekly wrap-up of business news. Â Fittingly, we begin with news about military health…
EHR Incentive Program Participation Reaches 2012 Goal
100,000 adopt, implement or demonstrate Meaningful Use Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true……
ONC Launches Health IT Website
Health IT Dashboard Tool Summarizes Information The ONC has launched its newest website that presents key information and data to enable collaborative monitoring of the…
Wisconsin REC Explains EHR Medicaid Program
Marni Anderson Health IT Specialist, Wisconsin Health Information Technology Extension Center (WHITEC) www.whitec.org Wisconsin launched its Medicaid EHR Incentive Program in August 2011. In the…
Regional Extension Centers Brand their Names
Regional Extension Center Logo Winner A few weeks ago we posted the REC logos and asked you which you thought were a good brand. The…
If Health IT in 2011 Were a Movie
We end 2011 with one more list. If Health IT in 2011 were a movie it would be… Mission: Impossible. Naysayers said widespread EHR adoption was…