Meaningful Use vs meaningful use COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu As readers of HITECH Answers know, Meaningful Use (MU)…
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Live Stream ICD-10 Update Meeting on March 5 The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee will hold an ICD-10 Update meeting on Tuesday, March 5 from 9 am–5 pm…
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…
This Week’s Health IT Business News “Now is the winter of our discontent”, goes the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III. The last couple of…
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research…
Required Revisions to Notices of Privacy Practices for Healthcare Providers Last month, HHS issued the long-awaited omnibus final rule that implements, among other things, a…
HIPAA Security Rule Can No Longer Be Ignored By Mike Semel, Semel Consulting Health care organizations that have ignored the HIPAA Security Rule; businesses that…
Grant will support use of big data to meet or exceed quality of care requirements Health Fidelity, a healthcare big data company and technology leader…
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Decision to Drop integrated EHR (iEHR) The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing later this month…