Direct Access to Lab Test Results through Quest Diagnostics
Patients Nationwide Now Have Access to Their Lab Test Results MADISON, NJ – For the first time, Americans nationwide can directly access their personal laboratory data…
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Meaningful Use Audits & Appeals for Hospital Event
Download the Recording and Q&A On March 31st I gave a presentation on MU audits and appeals for hospitals on a webinar hosted and moderated…
Direct Trust Surpasses ONC’s Secure HIE Specs
DirectTrust Earns Renewal WASHINGTON, D.C. – DirectTrust, a non-profit trade alliance that advances secure, health information exchange via the Direct Protocol, announced that its Cooperative Agreement…
FHA Supports Open Source Governance and Code Management of CONNECT
Federal Health Architecture and Open Health Tools The following is correspondence from the ONC eMail List Service. The Federal Health Architecture (FHA) is working with Open…
HIE Rundown – 4/7/14
Health Information Exchange News & Announcements Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being…
EH Electronic Clinical Quality Annual Update
CMS Posts 2014 Eligible Hospital eCQM Annual Update The following is communication from the CMS Listserv. The annual update of the 2014 electronic clinical quality…
ICD-10, What next?
ICD-10, What next? By John Halamka, MD After the senate vote on HR 4302 last night , I sent an email to the CIOs of…
Twitter #NoDelay Hashtag Highlights
Following #NoDelay This Week The new hashtag #NoDelay was started by AHIMA to rally against delaying ICD-10 any longer. Starting with a “virtual rally” on…
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Hardship Application
If I Appy for Hardship What Happens? By John Halamka, MD Many people have emailed me about the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Hardship application for hospitals and eligible professionals….