Every 2 years at the start of a new Congress, GAO releases its report listing various federal programs it deems “high risk”. This year the report specifically cites problems with the DOD and VA’s ongoing efforts to attain interoperability between its EHR systems.
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By John Halamka, MD – CMS announced their intent to update the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for 2015 and beyond. ONC released the Interoperability Roadmap and the Standards Advisory. A busy week. What does it all mean?
ONC created a roadmap infographic showing where we are now and where we are going from the Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap. See what is in store for the next decade.
By Terry Edwards – The healthcare industry is known for being conservative and slow-moving. It can take years, or even decades, for changes to take hold. In fact, (as a side bar), my company recently executed an agreement with a system that took two years to get through legal.
Follow the event and join the conversation on Twitter with their hashtag #ONC2015 A full day started this year’s ONC Annual Meeting. Discussions and speakers…
Building on the announcement from HHS, pledging much-needed changes to the Meaningful Use program, healthcare IT leaders praised the release of the Office of the…
The ONC released Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap Version 1.0. The draft Roadmap is a proposal to deliver better care and result in healthier people through the safe and secure exchange and use of electronic health information.
eHealth Initiative’s 2015 Annual Conference & Member Meetings February 3-5 Washington, DC The conference will bring together the most influential leaders from across the healthcare…
By John Halamka, MD Twitter: @jhalamka As I travel across the country and listen to CIOs struggling with mandates from Meaningful Use to ICD-10 to…