ONC Announces First Chief Health Information Officer
On January 21st, Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, announced Michael James McCoy, MD, as the Office of the National Coordinators Chief Health...
View ArticleCMS Announces Intent to Engage in Rulemaking for EHR Incentive Program...
In a recently release news release, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the agency intends to engage in rulemaking this spring to help ensure providers continue to meet...
View ArticleIHE North American Connectathon 2015: Achieving Interoperability & Improving...
The new location and facilities in Cleveland, Ohio helped revitalize the event and expand awareness for Integrating the Healthcare Enterprises role in the future of health information technology
View ArticleJoint Policy and Standards Committee Meeting Focuses on Interoperability Roadmap
The Interoperability Roadmap discussion was led by Erica Galvez, the Office of the National Coordinators (ONCs) Interoperability Portfolio Manager.
View ArticleONC and CMS Present Latest Meaningful Use Program Attestation Numbers
According to the data, 9 in 10 eligible hospitals had attested to meaningful use through December. Of those that attested between 2011 2013, more than 90% returned to the Incentive Program in...
View ArticleThe Value of Interoperability Testing and Certification
In 2013, at the IHE North American Connectathon, IHE USA and ICSA Labs announced a new testing and certification program focused on interoperability and leveraging IHE Profiles or technical...
View ArticleInteroperability Opportunities and Issues Among the Department of Defense,...
Transforming Care for Our Military, Their Families, and Veterans POSTPONED Wednesday, March 18th, 12:00 2:00 pm., Room SVC 201-00, Senate Visitors Center
View ArticleHIMSS Releases Executive Summary on Meaningful Use Stage 3 NPRM
HIMSS releases its executive summary of the recently shared NPRM on Meaningful Use Stage 3.
View ArticleHIMSS Releases Executive Summary on 2015 Edition Health IT Certification...
HIMSS releases its executive summary of the recently shared NPRM on the 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria.
View Article15 interoperability geeks to watch
Joyce Sensmeier, RN, vice president of informatics for HIMSS, is named one of the 15 interoperability geeks to watch!
View ArticleHHS Announces $101M in Funding for New Community Health Centers
The Health Centers will be located in 33 states, two U.S. territories, and are anticipated to provide health care services to approximately 650,000 patients in medically underserved populations.
View ArticleAHRQ Report Reviews Functions Needed in Pediatric Electronic Health Records
The report scanned scientific literature and gathered expert consensus on EHRs used in the care of children. Child health care providers stated that they need access to EHRs with special features to...
View ArticleGetting practical with Big Data
At HIMSS15 you could feel the resurgent buzz over Big Data. Over the next several months we will bring that buzz into practical view with a series of articles to help healthcare organizations...
View ArticleDoc Fix shifts physicians into value based payment, highlights the...
On April 16, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The legislation permanently repeals the SGR and replaces it with a dual-mechanism approach...
View ArticleHIMSS Asks for a Reduction in Program Complexity in Comments on 2015 Edition...
In comments submitted to Dr. Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health IT, on the 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
View ArticleHIMSS Submits Comments on CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 NPRM
In a May 28th letter to Andrew Slavitt, the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HIMSS submitted its final comments in response to CMSs Meaningful Use Stage 3...
View ArticleAHRQ Heart Health Grants Help With EHR Use
The announcement is aligned with the Departments Million Hearts national initiative to prevent heart attacks and stroke.
View ArticleRequest for Improved Outcomes in Interoperability
Since there has been a renewed interest by Congress in health IT and how the HITECH Act money has been spent over the last 5 years, we have undertaken a project to try and educate Congress on all the...
View ArticleHIMSS North America Board of Directors Focus on Interoperabilitys Role and...
New board members for HIMSS North America, with Dana Alexander as Chair and Fred Rachman as Vice Chair, took office on July 1
View ArticleAn Interoperability Use Case Repository and Narrative
The HIMSS Interoperability Maturity Model Task Force is pleased to announce a new web-based use case repository which also includes a narrative entitled, An Interoperability Use Case Narrative.
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