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NewsDiabetics receive better care from docs with EHRs
Although meeting Meaningful Use hasn't exactly been the easiest of feats for hospital CIOs, perhaps they can take solace in knowing that their patients will receive vastly superior care to those Read more...
ONC wants you to comment on its updated strategic plan
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) of Health IT will be accepting public comments until April 22 on its new draft strategic plan for 2011-2015 that includes updated goals related to use of Read more...
Blumenthal's departure will not derail federal health IT
"Dr. William Bria, chief medical information officer at Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa and president of the Association of Medical Directors and Information Systems [AMDIS], doesn't believe Read more...
ONC aims funding to boost EHR use by critical access, rural hospitals
An additional $12 million in new technical support assistance is being provided by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT to help critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural Read more...
Surveys find more hospitals, physicians likely to seek EHR incentive payments
New survey numbers reveal a reversal of the low interest in EHR adoption in previous years, according to David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. At a news Read more...
IOM kicks off study of EMR safety as FDA regulation looms
The Institute of Medicine is back on the EMR beat. This week, the IOM Committee on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology held its first meeting as it embarks on a yearlong study of medical Read more...
Blumenthal: Specialists may claim exceptions to certain MU measures
Remember the uproar from some specialty societies and makers of specialty EMRs over their perception that the CMS rules for "meaningful use" of health IT unfairly favored primary-care physicians? Read more...
EHRs can boost health of low-income, minority populations
Among the many goals of the federal EHR incentive program is to help improve health in low-income and minority communities that traditionally have been underserved but suffer from disproportionately Read more...
CHIME, ONC offer EMR adoption expertise to regional extension centers
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are urging the new, ONC-designated network of regional Read more...
Despite heavy increases, only 12 percent of prescriptions are electronic
Electronic prescribing continues to grow at an impressive rate, but still only accounted for 12 percent of the 1.63 billion prescriptions written nationwide in 2009, according to the latest Read more...
| Press ReleasesNaviNet Holds Inaugural Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Advisory Board Meeting During the 2011 NaviNet Healthcare Forum: RaisiRenowned Scholar and Healthcare Policy Advisor David Blumenthal, M.D., MPP, Addresses Group BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NaviNet, America’s largest real-time healthcare communications network, serving Read more >> ONC Announces Open Public Comment Period on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2011-2015WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced an open public comment period on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: Read more >> Outcomes Achieved with MIQS Software Recognized by Health Affairs ArticleResults achieved using MIQS software recognized in a paper co-authored by the National Coordinator for Health Care Technology, David Blumenthal, M.D.BOULDER, Colo., March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Read more >> 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition StatisticsSunday, February 20 – Thursday, February 24, 2011 Orange County Convention Center - Orlando, Fla. CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition is the largest in Read more >> $27 Billion in HIT Funding Authorized: How Can It Be Put to Best Use?David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, to Headline AJMC's Health Information Technology Live Event at National Press Club on January 20PLAINSBORO, N.J., Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- It has been nearly 2 years Read more >> |
