HIEs Need to Deliver Clear Value
HIE in 2013: Climbing past the low-hanging fruit Unlike western and central Pennsylvania, providers in greater Philadelphia are not linked by a health information exchange,…
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KMPG Poll Looks At Health System Confidence in Meeting Meaningful Use
Training, Change Management Biggest Hurdles Business leaders at hospitals and health systems are only somewhat confident in their organization’s level of readiness to meet meaningful…
ISO 9001 Can Bring ‘Big Picture’ Approach to Healthcare
Quality in Healthcare – ISO 9001:2008, the Gold Standard ISO 9001:2008 is the international standard for quality management in over 160 countries for manufacturing and…
Fiscal Cliff Package Effects on Healthcare
Healthcare Impact of the “Fiscal Cliff” Deal Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have voted by 257-167, with 172 Democratic votes and only 85…
Health IT Trends and Predictions for 2013
What Lies Ahead for Health IT It’s a new year. Year nine of GW Bush’s 10 years to widespread health information technology. Year four of…
HHS 2012: Year in Review
2012: A Year in Review In 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continued its work to improve the health and well-being of…
The Year That Was Meaningful Use
A Meaningful Year for Meaningful Use It was a big year for meaningful use with the release of Stage 2 MU requirements, Stage 1 meaningful…
ATA Hosts Monthly Webcasts on Telemedicine, Telehealth and mHealth
Upcoming Telemedicine Events The American Telemedicine Association is a leading international resource promoting the advancement of remote medical technologies. Established in 1993, this non-profit organization…
ONC Issues Health IT Patient Safety Plan for Comment
Health IT and Patient Safety Last Friday the ONC issued the Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan for public comment. The plan calls for actions to improve…