Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – February 2017
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of February.
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Using Public-Private Partnerships to Bring Interoperability to Individuals
By Dr. Vindell Washington, Tricia Lee Wilkins, & Aisha Hasan – Over the past 8 years, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology – in collaboration with our federal partners and the private sector – has ushered in an era of widespread health IT adoption and use throughout the country.
Open Invitation to Submit Health IT Test Tools or Procedures
By CAPT Alicia Morton & Tricia Lee Wilkins – Improving and streamlining the testing and certification of health IT has long been a goal of ONC. To that end, on June 9th we published a notice in the Federal Register that reintroduced a flexibility included in the ONC Health IT Certification Program that allows the National Coordinator to consider test procedures, test tools, and test data developed by any person or entity for approved use.
The Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances is on the rise
By Tricia Lee Wilkins & Meghan Gabriel – Over the past couple of years, EPCS – the electronic prescribing of controlled substances – has increased dramatically. This has potential benefits for both patients and health care system costs.