Putting the IT in Transitions ONC Event
Health Information IT directly from the ONC TODAY from 8-3 EST, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will participate in “Putting…
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Patient Access to Lab Results – Coming Stages of Meaningful Use
Patient Access to Lab Results in Stage 2 or 3 Meaningful Use? Something is Happening Last week on September 12th HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed…
Federal Strategic Health IT Plan: 2011-2015
ONC Announces Federal Health IT Strategic Plan The ONC, along with its federal partners, announced the released of the current version of the Federal Health…
Empowering Patients to Access and Use their Health Information
Kicking off National Health IT Week, the ONC and HHS streamed its Consumer Health IT Summit live on line yesterday. Secretary Sebelius, ONC Mostashari,…
EHRs, Strategic Plans, and Homeland Security
Recovery Room 9/7/11 It has been a while since we have done a Recovery Room post. In these posts we like to highlight events that…
HITECH Act is not about Reform
Sorting Out the HITECH Act Like last week’s posts on EHR certification seals, I am amazed at the feedback received on my post yesterday, Will…
Will HITECH Act EHR Incentives Be Cut?
HITECH Act and the Super Committee On August 2, the enactment of the Budget Control Act of 2011 created unprecedented legislation to conclude the debt…
More on Official EHR Certification Seals
EHR Certification Seals Round Two I often wonder why I do so much research on certain subject matters. I will never stop being amazed at…
Certified EHR Systems Are Not All Equal
The Open Secret on Certified EHRs There is an Open Secret: CMS knows it. ONC knows it. Certainly the ONC-ATCBs know it. The Certified Health…