Ready or Not Electronic Health Records are Coming
The following guest post is provided by Dr. Nick van Terheyden, a contributing expert for HITECH Answers and Chief Medical Officer for M*Modal. The games…
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Keeping up with MU
The official rules covering meaningful use were published in the Federal Registry on January 13. The two rules cover meaningful use of EHR as mandated…
Privacy & Security in Meaningful Use rule
The following guest post is provided by Alex Zaltsman, CEO of Experior Data Security and Encryption Analysis of Privacy & Security in Meaningful Use rule…
The Waiting Room – week of 1/3/10
Of course what we were all waiting for was delivered last Wednesday. Now we will be waiting for all the comments to the released rules…
Rules and Regulations Released
In a joint briefing today ONC and CMS announced their respective rules and notices. The ONC released the anticipated interim final rule on Standards &…
The three wise men
The times they are a changin. Can the government move into the next decade with the right insight and policies on technology? Are these three…
Twelve Days of Christmas
Here at HITECH Answers we’ve taken a very brief break from the serious business of health information technology to bring you the last verse of…
The Recovery Room – 12/20/09
Both HIT Policy and Standard Committees met for the final time this year. Both ONC and CMS are on track to release interim rules by…
December HIT meetings
The HIT Policy committee met last Tuesday for the final meeting before interim rules should be released. CMS is still on track for the Notice…