Health IT Business News Recap – February 10, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News The health IT industry’s biggest event is less than a month away. The HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition will be…
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CMS to Integrate Children’s EHR Format Into Future ONC Certification Criteria
New children’s electronic health record format announced The benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) may become more widely available to children through an EHR format…
New Brief Looks at Case Studies in Telehealth Adoption
Scaling Telehealth Programs: Lessons from Early Adopters The Commonwealth Fund is a non-profit organization established in 1918 to promote a high-performing health care system that…
Getting Pay-For-Performance Right
By Dr. Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha Over the past decade, there has been yet another debate about whether pay-for-performance, the notion that the amount you…
ONC Asks for Input on Interoperability Testing Scenerio
First Draft of ONC Test Scenario Open for Comment On September 4, 2012 the ONC issued the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification…
The Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule Released
Rule requires public reporting of financial relationships between doctors and drug or medical device companies On February 1, 2013 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
New Health IT Policy Committee Workgroup Announced
New Accountable Care and Health IT Workgroup Forming The HIT Policy Committee is forming a new workgroup on Accountable Care and Health IT. It will…
Digital Overload, Looming Deadlines Driving New Challenges for Health IT Executives
Independent Study Commissioned by Level 3 Reveals Confidence Lacking in Network Security as Infrastructure Demands Continue to Increase PRNewswire/ — Network security issues, vital infrastructure…
Blue Button Patient Health Record Gets a Redesign
Blue Button Patient Health Record Graphic Design Challenge Winners Named Back in October we reported the Presidential Innovation Fellow and former startup founder Ryan Panchadsaram’s…