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ONC privacy-security 'tiger team' ponders whether HIEs should view records
With so much uncertainty about privacy and security of electronic exchange of patient records, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology recently formed a "tiger team"... Read more...
Interoperability the driver of next generation of VistA
The Department of Veterans Affairs has earned worldwide accolades for its VistA EMR system that holds the records of millions of veterans at hundreds of facilities, but the reality is, the... Read more...
Decision on 2011 lab standards postponed
Yesterday was supposed to be the day we moved closer to a final definition of "meaningful use" of EMRs. But the Health IT Policy Committee, meeting Wednesday in Washington, offered no guidance to HHS... 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...
Standards Committee moves into guidance phase
It's getting to be crunch time for the federal Health IT Standards Committee, which is moving from studying previous work in the area of standards to producing implementation guidance for the... Read more...
CCHIT advances plans for 2011 EMR certification
After months of being the target of critics both legitimate and questionable, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology is reasserting itself in the EMR marketplace. Last... Read more...
