Health IT Appointments and Hires
Companies and Organizations Announce New Team Members The following are announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments in the healthcare and health IT…
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HHS Awards $55.5 Million to Bolster America’s Health Care Workforce
More Than 270 Grants Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $55.5 million in funding awarded in FY 2013 to strengthen training for…
Healthcare.gov Improvements and Updates
Can Sebelius Survive the Heat? With 143 days remaining to enroll in a Healthcare Exchange, Healthcare.gov is still working overtime to iron out the wrinkles. They…
Who Can Save Healthcare.gov?
Who’s to Blame for Healthcare.gov? With 150 days remaining to enroll in a Healthcare Exchange, Healthcare.gov still has some issues. You can find almost a…
Gov’t shutdown hits HHS, ONC hard
By Tom Sullivan, Editor, Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor The resurrected phrase in Washington on Tuesday is “orderly phase-down and suspension of operations.” Midnight Monday arrived without…
Patient Consent for Electronic Health Information Exchange
HealthIT.gov Add Meaningful Consent Tools HHS announced the launch of an online resource to help health care providers effectively engage patients in choosing how they want their…
AHIMA Foundation Study is Basis for HHS Report to Congress on EHR Payment Incentives
Application of EHR Payment Incentives for Providers Not Receiving Other Incentive Payments Advancing the adoption of certified electronic health records (EHRs) for long-term, and post…
Accelerating Health Information Exchange
HHS Releases New Strategy for Accelerating Health Information Exchange Back in March the HHS requested input on a series of potential policy and programmatic changes…
AHRQ National Web Conference on the Use of Health IT
A National Web Conference on the Use of Health IT in Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) To Improve Patient Care When: August 6, 2013 – 2:30pm…