HIE Rundown – 2/25/14
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You’re Only as Strong as Your Weakest (Vendor) Link
Establishment of Trust Zones Solves Two Major Concerns By Randal Asay, @CatbirdSecurity Visit Catbird at HIMSS in booth #34090 It’s a situation that strikes fear into the…
Healtheway Announces Formation of Carequality
Carequality Launches Significant Industry-Wide Effort Focused on Achieving Interoperability Between Existing and Emerging HIE Networks Healtheway Calls for Industry to Band Together to Transform Dream…
CMS Offers EHs Meaningful Use Attestation Assistance
The Golden Parachute: Hospitals and Retroactive Meaningful Use Attestation By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com My grandfather, raised…
Few State and Local Governments Prepared for the Impact of the Big Five IT Trends
Ninety-four Percent Unprepared for Infrastructure Demands; Just Two in Five Governments Actively Coordinating Efforts MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government…
ONC Announces Digital Privacy Notice Challenge
Challenge Open Until April 7th In September 2009 President Obama outlined and initiated his Strategy for American Innovation. He called on agencies to “increase their…
Meaningful Use and Affairs of the Heart
Reporting Heart-related CQMs for Meaningful Use February is American Heart Month. The CDC states that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both…
Quality/Operations-Led Meaningful Use Program
Part 3 – Embedding MU in Daily Operations By Beth Houck, VP of Client Services, SA Ignite When Meaningful Use (MU) began, there was little consideration…
Seeking Input: Evidence Report for HIE
Comment Period Open Until Feb 26th William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Last fall, I reported that the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC),…