Mobile Health and the Challenges of Connecting People to Data
On October 14-15, a group of healthcare leaders gathered for the Connected Healthcare Summit in San Diego to share ideas about the current mobile health technology landscape.
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6 Interoperability Suggestions for ONC
The highly anticipated final recommendations from the JASON task force arrived on last Wednesday afternoon. JASON, a group of independent scientists who advise the federal government, issued a November 2013 report to HHS and ONC on the matter of interoperability.
AMA Sends Blueprint for Meaningful Use to CMS
On Tuesday, October 15, the AMA released their vision outlining the future of the EHR Incentive program and meaningful use. The blueprint was included in a letter to CMS and the ONC ahead of the anticipated release of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaning (NPRM) for Stage 3 meaningful use requirements.
Time for a Health IT Make Over
If you’re a regular reader or visitor to our sites, we hope you took note of our new look. We’ve redesigned the sites to be responsive for smart phones and tablets as the site’s design automatically adjusts to various media devices, web browsers and monitor sizes. Thank you for reading.
HIE Rundown 10-15-14
Here is what is happening in health information exchange. Weekly Rundown includes Michigan Statewide secure sharing and Georgia’s GaHIN adds Atlanta’s Childrens. Sandlot Solutions expands its client base and Royal Solutions Group now integrates with Merge Healthcare.
Google Testing Telehealth Search-Based Pilot Program
Google has begun piloting a new search feature that offers live video chats with physicians for consumers researching some medical conditions. Google has begun partnering with providers to test this new telehealth program for consumers to video chat with a physician.
HIE Rundown 10-15-14
Molina Healthcare of Michigan has joined Michigan’s efforts to improve health care statewide through electronic data sharing as the newest Qualified Data Sharing Organization (QO) with the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN).
Time for a Health IT Make Over
If you’re a regular reader or visitor to our HITECH Answers site, we hope you took note of our new look. Beyond this new responsive theme that adjusts to various media devices, we’ve also added a few more features to the site,
3 Steps Towards Preparing for a CMS Provider Rating System
There has been a lot of dialogue lately regarding CMS’s potential expansion of a star rating system to providers. Not surprisingly, it is being rather heavily opposed.