Nationwide Health Information Network news from FierceEMR
NewsMostashari pushes for HIE, calls inaction risky
For health information exchange (HIE) to become widely adopted, the standards for HIE need to support advanced functions of electronic health records and address transport, security and content, Read more...
Report: Epic likely to get massive contract to replace DoD's AHLTA EHR
A week ago, FierceEMR reported that the man who would be top doc at the Pentagon--Dr. Jonathan Woodson, President Obama's nominee for assistant secretary of defense for health affairs--wants the Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: VA expects VLER to be nationwide by 2012
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to have the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER)--a seamless EMR shared by the VA and Defense Department to track each service member from enlistment 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...
VA finishes interoperability phase of DoD record integration
The Department of Veterans Affairs has finished the interoperability portion of its massive, three-stage effort with the Department of Defense to create a single, lifelong EHR for service members, 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...
SPOTLIGHT: Reasonable expectations for EMRs
With all the rhetoric, vitriol and polemic being bandied about, we really can't have enough reality checks when it comes to healthcare reform. In that spirit, FierceHealthIT editor Anne Zieger Read more...
Blumenthal finds his footing
Dr. David Blumenthal has been on the job as national coordinator for health IT for just about three months now, after the Obama administration decided to bring in its own leadership to spearhead the Read more...
Blumenthal wants 'meaningful use' standards to work with NHIN
Lest the health IT industry be stuck with competing standards yet again, National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. David Blumenthal says he intends to harmonize standards for "meaningful use" of Read more...
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