CDC Hosts Calls for EHR Vendors on Cancer Reporting in Stage 2
CDC and Public Health Objective of Cancer Reporting Stage 2 Eligible Professional Meaningful Use Menu Set Measures Measure #5 requires EPs to have the capability…
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The riddle of adoption of consumer PHRs
Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD The term Personal Health Record, or PHR, has taken on different meanings, depending on who is talking. Mostly, it refers…
Annual NeHC Survey Looks at Health IT Stakeholder Challenges for 2013
National eHealth Collaborative Releases Health IT Stakeholders Survey National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership with a mission to advance the secure and interoperable exchange…
ONC Launches Stage 2 Meaningful Use Interoperability Online Course
Stage 2 Meaningful and Interoperability Course The State HIE Program Policy Office and the Regional Extension Center Program have released Interoperability Basics, a 75 minute online…
ONC Releases Self-Paced Videos on Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use Education Module on Transitions of Care To say we’ve been impressed with what the ONC has been doing lately on the digital/interactive education…
ONC to Host Joint Hearing on Health Information Exchange
HIT Policy and HIT Standards Committees Hold Hearing Tomorrow Tomorrow, January 29, 2013, the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee will…
All the Tools in the Toolbox: How ONC Delivered Value In 2012
A recent story characterized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as both “the federal office in charge of a massive rollout of electronic health records” as well as “an office whose primary role has been cheerleader” for health information technology. Well, which is it?
To be fair, since David Brailer’s time, the National Coordinator for Health IT has had two distinct roles:
2013 EHR Incentive Program Changes for Eligible Professionals
EHR Incentive Program Stage 1 Changes and Timing Current final rules published in September for the CMS EHR Incentive program and 2014 stage 2 have also…
The Year That Was Meaningful Use
A Meaningful Year for Meaningful Use It was a big year for meaningful use with the release of Stage 2 MU requirements, Stage 1 meaningful…