By Don Rucker MD – The focus of my remarks is primarily on ONC’s mission to achieve nationwide interoperability and reduce clinician burden relative to health IT. I emphasize these areas because they are absolutely critical to the health of Americans using our healthcare system.
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Senate confirmed Alex Michael Azar II as the next US Secretary of Health and Human Services. A former deputy secretary for HHS and executive of Pharma giant Eli Lily & Co. will oversee a trillion dollar yearly budget affecting a third of the US population.
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Vidyo, 1Vision LLC, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, VisuWell, Wellthie, Georgia/Global Partnership for Telehealth, MBLM, Synzi and more. News from some states like Louisiana, New York, Illinois and more is also included.
HLTH, an exciting new industry event, is set to take over the Aria in Las Vegas, May 6-9, 2018. HLTH is an event covering innovation in healthcare that is driving substantial reduction in costs and dramatic increase in quality and will include more than 300 world-class speakers and over 2,000 industry attendees.
Business news from Allscripts, Vocera Communications, Inc., Elsevier, Kno2, Care Directives, Pager Inc., Synzi, ScImage, Inc., and Kairoi Healthcare Strategies.
Who doesn’t like a good list? Here are some interesting lists about healthcare trends to watch in 2018 that I think deserve sharing. What 3 people tied for first place in the most influential people in Healthcare in 2017?
By Sarianne Gruber – Welcome to 2018! This year Predictive Analytics World (PAW) wants to know in the world of analytics and healthcare “Is there an ‘Easy Button’ for Analytics?”
State HIEs come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Check in on the latest news and updates being reported by these organizations.
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the November report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.