HHS Office of Inspector General releases EHR Report
OIG Study Shows EHR Use in Medicare Physicians Each cabinet department and independent agency of the federal government has an Office of the Inspector General…
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Safeguarding PHI in the Age of Mobile Devices
The Lifecycle of PHI and Mobile Device Insecurity Rick Kam, President and co-founder ID Experts Mobile devices have become notorious for unintended exposure of protected…
Interest in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Growing
PROMises, PROMises: Finally, Quality Care We Really Care About By Thomas Tsang, MD and Faraz Ahmad, MD Patient-centered care and patient engagement have become central…
NeHC Offers Program on Guidelines for Electronic Transactions
Healthcare Administrative Transactions Simplified: The Role of Federally Mandated Operating Rules The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership that enables secure and interoperable…
Health IT Digest – EHR Incentive Goal, Stage 4 Meaningful Use, New CTO
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption, NwHIN, ONC Challenge.gov winners and more… HHS Recruits Outside Innovation Expertise HHS is seeking entrepreneurs to help accelerate innovation….
HIMSS EHRA Responds to ONC RFI
HIMSSÂ Electronic Health Record Association weighs in on NwHIN Governance The HIMSS’ Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) is comprised of 41 companies related to electronic health…
Long Term Sustainability of Client Server EHRs
Could Interoperability Requirements Spell the End of Client Server PM-EHR Deployments? John Tempesco ICA As recent headlines reverberate around Meaningful Use stage 1 delays, the…
Building a HIE Roadmap to Sync with iEHR’s
Uniting iEHR Capability Sequencing with HIE Services Prioritization Eric J. Klos Consultant/Founder at HealthTechture Linkedin Profile Read  Part I of this two part article. The…
State Healthcare IT Connect Summit Morning of Day 1
Modernizing State Health IT Systems The theme is ‘Connecting the States’ To Transform and Modernize State Health IT Systems. The event is in partnership with…