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Thinking of gift ideas for that special health IT someone this holiday season? Want to explore the creative side of gift-giving and outdo last year's gift of that Epic EMR or RTLS tracking? Look no further.
December 20, 2012
News
Fueled by the needs of the Affordable Care Act, healthcare IT spending among state and local governments is projected to grow by $2.7 billion through 2017, according to a new report.
December 19, 2012
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The recommendations for Stage 3 of meaningful use are now out for comment. Coincidentally or not, there is a new degree of pessimism about when health IT interoperability will ever be achieved.
December 18, 2012
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The National eHealth Collaborative's Health Information Exchange Learning Network has recommendations for tackling some of the most challenging HIE issues.
December 18, 2012
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The Kansas Department of Health and the Environment has awarded $7.1 million in federal grants to two health information exchange organizations, as part of efforts to expand statewide information sharing.
December 18, 2012
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Children's Hospital Colorado has successfully connected to CORHIE, Colorado's health information exchange. Children's Colorado is known for being a pioneer in enhancing the quality and continuity of care for patients through health information technology. It was one of the first free-standing children's hospitals in the country with a fully integrated electronic health record.
December 17, 2012
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A new report issued by the Commonwealth Fund (CWF) finds that, contrary to previous assumptions, dominant market share, employed physicians and financial strength are not essential requirements for a health system to successfully implement an accountable care organization (ACO).
December 17, 2012
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HealthInfoNet, Maine's statewide health information exchange (HIE) has announced plans to create a data warehouse and reporting platform, and to pilot the linkage between the clinical data contained in the HIE and Maine's statewide all-payer claims database.
December 13, 2012
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At the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology 2012 Annual Meeting, held Dec. 12 in Washington, DC, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told attendees that interoperability is a lynch pin for health IT advancement, and it is currently lacking.
December 13, 2012
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Two months after the launch of the Massachusetts HIE, Laurance Stuntz, director of the MeHI, discusses the HIE's journey so far and the road ahead. Formerly a senior VIP at the healthcare communications company NaviNet and a partner at Computer Science Corporation, Stuntz joined MeHI in May.
December 11, 2012
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Almost all of Illinois' 51 critical access hospitals have had electronic health record (EHR) systems for a while. One of the more pressing challenges -- aside from declining funding and late Medicaid payments from the state -- has been health information exchange.
December 10, 2012
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IHE USA, a nonprofit organization that drives adoption of standards-based interoperability to improve patient care, and ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, today unveiled a new certification program aimed at assuring the security and interoperability of health information technology.
December 5, 2012
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The development of secure health information exchange between healthcare providers is a nationwide initiative and has been touted as a high priority in order to improve the continuity and quality of care for patients. Providers are required to achieve secure HIE in order to achieve "meaningful use," and qualify for health IT incentives set up by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. On September 28, 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT completed its selection of 62 Regional Extension Centers across the United States -- a major component in HIE development.
