Health Information Exchange news from FierceEMR
News
VA preparing to re-start health data exchange with DoD
The Department of Veterans Affairs may have already made a decision to restart health data exchange with the Department of Defense, slightly more than a week after cutting off access to Military... Read more...
CSC: More hospitals are promoting 'integrated' EHRs in their communities
Meaningful use of EHRs undoubtedly will require interoperability of electronic health information between care settings, as well as coordination of care. With physician practices largely "still on... Read more...
Indian Health Service beefing up EMR to meet meaningful use
Even federal EMR systems apparently fall short of proposed "meaningful use" requirements. The Indian Health Service is upgrading its Resource and Patient Management System EMR to support health... Read more...
Security concerns holding back wider HIE, GAO says
Security just seems to be a never-ending challenge for CIOs and other healthcare data gurus. (If you read the Editor's Corner in this week's FierceHealthIT, you know that hospital IT and compliance... Read more...
Digital imaging could be a catalyst for HIE, PHR adoption
Mention health information exchange to Dr. Elliot Menschik and he'll immediately ask a question: "Where's the business model? That's been the Achilles' heel of HIEs." And it has. Whether you call... Read more...
Chopra will look outside healthcare in applying EMR standards
Federal chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra will look outside of healthcare for advice on how to implement standards for workflow and the sharing of EMR data across organizations, Government... Read more...
Small Nebraska hospital has big HIE plans
The proposed federal criteria for "meaningful use" of health IT would require providers to have EMRs capable of exchanging clinical data with other organizations. That presented a problem for the... Read more...
HRSA grants will support EMRs at safety-net clinics
The Health Resources and Services Administration is allocating some of its $2 billion in federal stimulus funding to help safety-net healthcare providers purchase EMRs and other health IT. This week,... Read more...
ONC grants have to wait for 'meaningful use' rules? We think not
It could be a while before the Obama administration starts doling out the $1.2 billion in federal grants for health information exchanges and for EMR extension centers announced last week. Or could... Read more...
Biden, Sebelius, Blumenthal announce funding for EMR extension centers, HIE
Vice President Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal are in Chicago today to announce $1.2 billion in federal grants to promote EMR use... Read more...
