This Week in #HealthIT
This weeks highlights from our Storify. Big week includes National Health IT Week, release of the stage 3 final rules, Pubcon, and how ICD-10 is going.
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New Report Outlines Goals and Recommendations to Reduce Diagnostic Errors
By Richard Kronick PhD – A few weeks ago, the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine or IOM) released a long-awaited report on a subject of great importance to the AHRQ—how all health care stakeholders can more quickly identify, resolve, and reduce the incidence of diagnostic errors and improve patient safety.
Majority of Physicians Using a Certified EHR in 2014
By Talisha Searcy – Since the enactment of the HITECH Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the number of health care providers using an electronic health record (EHR) has continued to rise, helping to build the foundation for an interoperable learning health system.
Random HIPAA Audits are Coming
By Steve Spearman – Last week, in Washington, D.C., NIST and OCR held their 8th annual Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security seminar. Here are some of the major takeaways and big announcements that came out of that conference.
GAO Report Looks at Nonfederal Efforts to Help Achieve EHR Interoperability
EHR Interoperability is viewed by many industry stakeholders and agencies as a key factor towards improving health care delivery and outcomes. To date, however, the exchange of health data from one system to another has been limited.
Breaking News: Final Rules Released for Stage 3 EHR Incentive Program
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
National Health IT Week Updates
National Health IT Week is October 5-9 this year. Kicking off the week long celebration were events from coast to coast. Here are some highlights.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – September 2015
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of September.
Breaking News: CMS and ONC Stage 3 Final Rule Will Advance EHR Interoperability
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements, add new flexibilities for providers, and advances EHR interoperability.