What Model is Your Free Software?
Who wants a free lunch? By Carl Green, NAPP Many providers sell their EHR solutions. Shocker, right? Many don’t: They give it away. For free….
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Health IT Business News – Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Today’s Business News CommonWell Health Alliance (the “Alliance”) – the health information technology (HIT) vendor-led interoperability effort – announced today that Chicago, Illinois; Elkin and…
HIE Rundown 12-11-13
Health Information Exchange News & Announcements Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being…
AHIMA Supports WEDI Report To Serve As Roadmap for Health IT
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) announced its support for the 2013 WEDI Report that outlines recommendations for health IT over the next decade….
7 HIPAA Compliant Assumptions That Can Trip Up IT
IT Teams Do the Heavy Lifting to Ensure HIPAA Compliance Are you or aren’t you? Compliant, I mean. Seems like an easy enough question to…
CMS and ONC Propose New Timeline for EHR Incentive Program
Industry Reacts to Proposed Changes In a joint statement from CMS and ONC last Friday, they laid out the proposal for changes to the EHR…
HHS Awards $55.5 Million to Bolster America’s Health Care Workforce
More Than 270 Grants Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $55.5 million in funding awarded in FY 2013 to strengthen training for…
Progress on Adoption of Electronic Health Records
New Data Shows Rapid Adoption of EHRs; Announcements of 2015 Policies Jacob Reider / Acting National Coordinator for Health Information Technology , and Robert Tagalicod…
Identify and Address Unsafe Conditions Associated with Health IT
ONC Health IT Guide Published Kathy Kenyon, JD / Senior Policy Analyst and Steven Posnack / Director Federal Policy Division, ONC When front line clinicians confront a…