New Health IT Policy Committee Workgroup Announced
New Accountable Care and Health IT Workgroup Forming The HIT Policy Committee is forming a new workgroup on Accountable Care and Health IT. It will…
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Online Tool Docket Wrench Tracks Health IT Policy Influencers
Docket Wrench Monitors Comments Across Federal Agencies The Sunlight Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve transparency and access to government information…
ONC Initiative Looks to Identify Uses of EHR Interoperability
EHR Interoperability: The Structured Data Capture Initiative Dr. Doug Fridsma /Â Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science & Technology .. Last week, we kicked-off…
Blue Button Patient Health Record Gets a Redesign
Blue Button Patient Health Record Graphic Design Challenge Winners Named Back in October we reported the Presidential Innovation Fellow and former startup founder Ryan Panchadsaram’s…
Health IT Business News Recap – February 3, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News The holidays are over and today marks one of the year’s milestone events as the Ravens and the 49ers…
AMIA Paper Looks to Reduce EHR-Related Medical Errors
AMIA Position Paper Makes 10 Recommendations for Improving EHR Usability The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is a non-profit membership and scientific association providing leadership…
New Analysis Looks at Top EHR Vendors by Meaningful Use Attestation
Updated EHR Market Share Report by Meaningful Use Attestation Software Advice first analyzed the electronic health records (EHR) market in May 2010. They have updated…
HIPAA Data Breach Harder to Deny With New Standard
Proof of harm no longer required for a reportable HIPAA data breach The release of the HIPAA Omnibus package of regulations removes proof of ‘harm’ as a…
ONC Issues HIE Marketplace Research Reports
Sponsored Research Aims to Further Our Understanding of HIE The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) supports research on the many variables…