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Latest Issue: October 2012

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All the people collaborate together to make this big rule

As director of the HIT Initiatives Group in the Office of E-health Standards and Services at CMS, Elizabeth Holland is front and center at the rules table, shaping the meaningful use rules that many view as driving healthcare transformation. Holland is a veteran policymaker. She joined CMS in 1991... more

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High demand for health IT consulting read more	Connecting the dots key for docs read more
Change agents: Will virtual nurses and pocket health coaches improve patient engagement?read more	Up and running: Ambulatory EMRs are finding their stride read more
Population Health IT promises boom read more	Signed, sealed, delivered and secure read more
Challenges aplenty around data sharing read more	Payers take advantage of consumer technology read more
Sentara inks telehealth deal with MDLIVE, takes equity stake in firm read more	Johns Hopkins lab puts systems engineering to work on ICU safety read more

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Featured Resources

Reliability in the Cloud - Shifting email responsibility to hosted exchange provider

Cloud-based Microsoft Exchange service features all the mission critical enterprise-class communication and collaboration capabilities of an in-house solution without the unpredictable costs and management headaches. With flexible customization options, healthcare organizations can seamlessly move to a cloud-based solution without compromising security or altering their current encryption approach. Learn More

Meaningful Use - Now or Never

Tips and tools to help healthcare professionals on the path to MU and beyond. Learn More

Improve the patient experience. Improve your technology!

Visit this resource center for IT trends, predictions and priorities for 2013 and beyond. In addition, access case studies and interviews with your peers so you can learn how to deliver the best patient care possible. Learn More

How to Get Paid for Meaningful Use: 7 Tips from the EHR Trenches

If your vendor does not provide a strong level of support, the process of Meaningful Use attestation may be much more difficult and costly than your practice can afford - and perhaps even impossible to achieve. Read this whitepaper for important advice on the difficulties involved in meeting meaningful use requirements and how to overcome them. Learn More

Video

CIO Spotlight Episode 5: Ed Ricks

Ed Ricks, CIO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital in South Carolina, discusses the impact of health reform on health IT with Healthcare IT News Associate Editor Erin McCann.

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Blogs

Using Technology to Engage Patients

May 21, 2013 | Charlie Jarvis

In the “computer world” in which we live today, patients are using technology to address their healthcare needs in ways that we have never seen before. More

The Star Thrower, or How Healthcare Looks to Consumers

May 20, 2013 | Lisa Suennen

It is always interesting how events find ways of connecting themselves together even when they seem so unrelated. More

Who Writes Clinical Notes?

May 20, 2013 | Keith W. Boone

This question was the fundamental question being addressed in a recent Structured Documents Workgroup meeting. At the root of it is whether or not a patient authored note belongs, or doesn't belong in the CDA Consolidation Guide as it is further developed by HL7. More

Solving the Claim Overpayment Conundrum

May 17, 2013 | Terry Cameron

Although “pay-and-chase” methods are still commonplace, health plans can supplement their recovery efforts with pre-payment analytics. More