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NewsHHS awards final Beacon Community grants
HHS officials today awarded $30 million in grants to organizations in the Detroit and Cincinnati areas by naming the final two pilot communities in the $250 million Beacon Community Program. HHS... Read more...
FDA, ONC clash over EMR safety issues
The CMS regulations for "meaningful use" of EMRs are 864 pages long. The companion rule on EMR certification, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is another... Read more...
Incoming Siemens IT chief Glaser: Era of clinician resistance to EMR 'behind us'
Declaring the era of clinician resistance to IT "behind us," John Glaser, who is leaving his job as CIO of Partners HealthCare System in Boston to become CEO of Siemens Healthcare's Health Services... Read more...
At least six groups apply to be authorized EMR certification bodies, ONC says
There should be more than just a little competition in the EMR certification arena, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology says it has sent out applications for... Read more...
Multi-hospital systems, rural providers feel slighted in 'meaningful use' rule
Now that the rules for "meaningful use" of EMRs are out, Congress has moved in to serve as watchdog of sorts over HHS with regards to the HITECH portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.... Read more...
Blumenthal calls meaningful use a 'one-time offer'
If you aren't going to achieve meaningful use this time around, don't expect the federal government to give you another shot at Medicare and Medicaid subsidies for EHRs. "[The] federal government is... Read more...
CSC tells providers to press their vendors on EMR certification readiness
Hot on the heels of a Computer Sciences Corp. report telling private health insurers to get with the federal EMR and quality-reporting incentive program, the same consulting firm has issued a paper... Read more...
ONC to seek feedback on NHIN Exchange governance structure
In preparation for expanding the Nationwide Health Information Network's NHIN Exchange beyond federal agencies and their contractors and grantees, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health... Read more...
Blumenthal: Certified EHRs should be available by fall
The health IT community should know by this fall if EHRs they have purchased or are considering purchasing are certified under the federal government's new, temporary certification program, national... Read more...
Practices will lose value if they don't adopt EHRs, says HIT coordinator
Kudos to InformationWeek's Marianne Kolbasuk McGee for scoring a comprehensive interview with Dr. David Blumenthal, who's been hard to pin down since he took the job as national health IT coordinator... Read more...
| Press ReleasesInitial EHR Certification Bodies NamedKey step in national initiative toward adoption of electronic health records WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), Chicago, Ill. and Read more >> Impact of Health Reform, Emerging Care Models Explored at GE Healthcare IT National Users’ ConferenceRecord Number of Centricity® Business Users Collaborate, Develop Plans for Growth BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Industry changes are top of mind for executives at hospitals, medical colleges and hospital Read more >> Accelerating Electronic Health Records Adoption and Meaningful UseWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The following joint statement, by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read more >> Accelerating Electronic Health Records Adoption and Meaningful UseWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The following joint statement, by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read more >> Aetna Announces Expanded Support of Health Information Technology-- Aetna Chief Medical Officer to present insurer’s plan to advance electronic health records adoption and meaningful use at Health Industry Forum -- HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today in Read more >> |
