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NewsHIE, mobility, open platforms start to knock down 'walled gardens' of proprietary EMRs
On the cover of its September issue, Wired magazine declared the web "dead" but also proclaimed, "Long live the Internet." Instead of searching through a browser, people are increasingly turning to Read more...
ONC corrects specification in final EHR certification rule
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has moved to correct some incorrect information in the final rule for certification of EHRs, taking out two implementation Read more...
Kaiser donates Convergent Medical Terminology dictionary
Kaiser Permanente is donating its Convergent Medical Terminology dictionary of more than 75,000 clinical terms and concepts in an effort to help other U.S. healthcare providers adopt and use EMRs. Read more...
States, providers still sorting out myriad HIE issues
Anyone involved in health information exchange--and that should be just about everyone working with an EMR, if Uncle Sam has anything to say about it--would do well to heed the advice of Jason Hess, Read more...
Medicare Part D plan sponsors struggle with e-prescribing standards
CMS will continue to educate sponsors of Medicare Part D drug plans about the requirements for providers that wish to write electronic prescriptions and will keep working with the National Council Read more...
AHRQ, vendors seek EHR usability standards, development of best practices
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is calling for the creation of an independent entity to lead development of voluntary EHR usability standards, and apparently has support from some Read more...
Integrating images into PHRs often requires complex work-arounds
Lack of vendor support for the complex task of integrating radiology images into personal health records may be holding back wider health information exchange, if the experience of one German 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...
Attention, Congress: You've already done something bipartisan on healthcare
Need help explaining to non-techies why EHRs are the way to go? An in-depth report on EHRs that aired on "CBS Sunday Morning" last weekend provides an awfully good primer about the benefits of EHRs, Read more...
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