Senate Bill to Expand Medicaid Eligibility for HITECH
MITECH Act Introduced in Senate Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts has introduced the Medicaid Information Technology to Enhance Community Health (MITECH) Act in Senate bill…
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HIEs Are Not Just for EHRs Anymore
Connecting HIEs with a “Universal” PHR Robert Rowley, MD, Healthcare and health IT consultant, practicing family physician Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are hubs where different…
Interoperable Health Solutions to Empower Consumers
Tune in to Voice of the Doctor, Fridays at 2:30 Eastern Tune in to Voice of the Doctor with host Dr. Nick van Terheyden every…
Electronically Exchanging Sensitive Health Information
Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative Demonstration An S&I Initiative focuses on an a single issue with goals and outcomes that will improve healthcare delivery through…
Electronically Exchanging Sensitive Health Information
Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative Demonstration An S&I Initiative focuses on an a single issue with goals and outcomes that will improve healthcare delivery through…
MGMA12 Conference Updates
MGMA12 Gears Up Our countdown to MGMA12 continues with a look at new updates to the conference site and selected speaker sessions. The convention will…
Track Public Health Concerns on Twitter
Tracking Disease Trends, 140 characters at a time The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced last week a new…
HIE End Goal – Implementation and Interoperability
Health Information Exchange: From Standards to Practice By David Muntz, MBA / Principal Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT The recent release of the Stage…
Certification Criteria Test Procedures Available for Public Comment
2 Waves Now Released for Public Review and Comment On Tuesday, September 4th, the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic…