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Policy and Legislation

Stories on healthcare IT policy focus on subjects such as legislative developments impacting healthcare IT, regulations for the use of IT in the delivery of healthcare, guidelines for monitoring quality of care, and funding opportunities in healthcare IT. Policy stories often deal with the federal, state and local institutions responsible for regulating the healthcare IT industry.



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ONC team lays out transition to permanent EHR certification program
February 22, 2012 | Frank Irving
With the Stage 2 meaningful use proposed rule still waiting in the wings, the certification team from ONC addressed HIMSS12 attendees Wednesday morning, delivering details on the agency's efforts to move toward a permanent certification program for EHRs.
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CMS expected to release Stage 2 proposed rule Thursday
February 22, 2012 |
Diana Manos
Mary Mosquera

Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are expected to present on Thursday the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use Stage 2 of the federal incentive plan for adopting electronic health records.
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'Sneak peek' of MU2 expected today at HIMSS12
February 22, 2012 | Jeff Rowe
Expectations have been rising since HIMSS12 opened, but the wait should come to an end today as ONC officials unveil the proposed rule for meaningful use Stage 2 - what some are calling a "sneak peek."
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Re-imagining healthcare
February 21, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Fred Rachman, MD, CEO of the Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, prompted the group of physicians and technologists in the room to start thinking about what a successful healthcare system might look like.
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HIMSS12 Twitter recap: Eric Dishman on 'global aging'
February 21, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
Eric Dishman, Intel Fellow and director of health innovation and policy for Intel, spoke Tuesday morning at the Intel Executive Breakfast at HIMSS12. Here is a Twitter recap of the presentation.
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ACOs need 'more' than an EMR
February 20, 2012 | Richard Pizzi
There's no way around it: Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs, are the future of healthcare in the United States, and providers had better get on the bus sooner rather than later.
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HHS touts big strides in health IT adoption
February 17, 2012 | Mike Miliard
The number of hospitals using health information technology has more than doubled in the last two years, said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday.
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New data shows hospital readiness for Stage 1 MU increasing
February 17, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
A comparison of HIMSS Analytics data from September 2011 to December 2011 suggests that a number of hospital segments showed increased capability to achieve Stage 1 meaningful use.
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Mostashari predicts great heights for MU in 2012
February 17, 2012 | Diana Manos
“In 2012, meaningful use will soar," said National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari at the Jan. 10 meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee.
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ONC in line for budget boost
February 17, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT would receive $66 million, or $5 million more than the current year, under President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2013.
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5 tips for preparing for a potential privacy incident or data breach
February 16, 2012 | Michelle McNickle
Last year, health data breaches were up 97 percent, with all 50 states experiencing some sort of breach, and 385 incidents affecting more than 19 million people. Experts agree: If ever there were a time to protect and prepare against breaches, that time is now.
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ICD-10 inches closer to delay, ICD-11 in the wings
February 16, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
The case for leapfrogging ICD-10 and holding out for ICD-11 just got a lot more curious. And though it's not here yet, when ICD-11 is ready, it will be something ICD-10 cannot: A 21st Century classification system.
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Branch on Demand for Healthcare: Extending and Securing Access Across Caregiving Locations
January 5, 2012 | White Papers
Healthcare professionals need to focus on quality of patient care and on securing the patient data, even in the most remote locations. Network services provided to remote facilities, clinics, and offices depend less on the size of the location and more on the functions being performed at that location. Learn more about Branch on Demand, a cloud-enabled networking solution for remote locations that simplifies provisioning, management, security, and troubleshooting for these deployments.
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Wi-Fi Provides Rx for Healthcare Challenges
January 5, 2012 | White Papers
The healthcare environment naturally lends itself to wireless networking, given the inherently mobile nature of physicians, nurses, orderlies, and others who move from beds to examining rooms, ministering to patients. This paper looks at how healthcare providers are using wireless LANs creatively to improve patient care and to realize much-needed cost efficiencies. It also discusses the primary challenges health organizations face in their deployments and offers up solutions for successfully addressing them.
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Payment Policy Optimization: Blending Analytics with Rules to Prevent Wasteful, Abusive and Fraudulent Healthcare Spending
December 12, 2011 | White Papers
Curtailing the massive drain caused by waste, abuse and fraud in healthcare has never been more impor¬tant. New payment models are on the horizon, including bundled payments, and greater emphasis is being placed on payment for outcomes. Given the magnitude and visibility of the problem, insurers need to avail themselves of advanced and effective means to reduce wasteful, abusive and fraudulent medical spend¬ing in the most efficient way possible. This demands a more holistic approach across the payment continuum, using technologies that not only address issues from multiple angles but also facilitate cross-organization partnership. Read more now.
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IBM with IDC Health Insights: Exploring the HITECH Act for Privacy and Security of Personal Health Information
November 22, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) improves and expands current Federal privacy and security protections for health information. As healthcare organizations move to exchanging large amounts of health information electronically, it is important to ensure that such information remains private and secure. Please join analyst Scott Lundstrom, Group Vice President, IDC Health Insights for this webcast. He will explore the key excerpts from the Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) audit steps, look at Healthcare organizations who have been fined and the impact on their organizations, and outline corrective measures on how to avoid a security breach.
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Enabling Collaborative Healthcare Delivery: Care Coordination Strategies with 21st Century Technology
October 13, 2011 | White Papers
This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring John Mattison of Kaiser Permanente, identifies the building blocks of care coordination and the innovative technologies being deployed to support continuity of care by visionary health systems and the healthcare IT vendor community.
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Where Information and Care Meet: Secure Mobile Healthcare Solutions that Drive Care Coordination
October 13, 2011 | White Papers
This paper, based on a roundtable session featuring Liz Johnson of Tenet Healthcare Corp., examines how leading hospitals and health systems in the country are implementing mobile point of care, sharing best practices and lessons learned, to deliver real-time, high-quality care anywhere.
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The Healthcare IT Innovation Imperative: Harnessing the Power of Technology for 21st Century Care Models
October 13, 2011 | White Papers
This paper, based on a roundtable session moderated by Eric Dishman, highlights how the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Europe are unleashing the power of data in innovative ways to improve the quality of care while making the system more efficient and cost-effective.
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Best Practices: IT Management for Healthcare Services
September 15, 2011 | White Papers
The list of challenges faced by IT professionals in the healthcare sector continues to grow, from security and compliance regulations to cost-cutting initiatives. Download this white paper to learn TEN best practices to manage your IT infrastructure and protect access to key information.
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The Power of User Virtualization: Meeting Meaningful Use, Optimizing IT and Clinical Productivity
August 15, 2011 | White Papers
Transformative changes such as healthcare reform mandates, advanced stages of meaningful use criteria and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets require healthcare providers’ IT assets to be flexible, scalable and interoperable in order to respond. Learn how user virtualization provides the ability to react quickly while improving user experience and operational efficiency.
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Taking a Framework Approach to Securing Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
July 7, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
As Healthcare organizations focus on making EHRs operational, effective security infrastructure strategies must also be developed to ensure appropriate confidentiality, integrity, and that controls are in place. Join Deloitte & Touche LLP and Oracle Corporation for a discussion on current EHR security and privacy challenges. Learn about strategies for creating an end-to-end security framework that integrates risk and compliance management.
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Images Everywhere: Hunterdon's Plan for Medical Image Interoperability
June 7, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
Peer-to-peer insight into a hospital CIO's 3-stage plan for system-wide interoperability and central repository for medical images, featuring Glenn Mamary, VP/CIO of Hunterdon Healthcare System, and Terry McCauley, Chief Healthcare Architect for Comport. Mamary will provide insight into his strategies, including the challenges and opportunities he faces. McCauley will discuss the underlying architectures that support Mamary's plans. This conversation will be highly valuable for those planning to embark on medical imaging projects.
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Protect your Patient Data: Learn How to Avoid Costly Privacy & Security Breaches within your Organization
May 25, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
Healthcare organizations today have become the guardians of vast amounts of private and restricted data. As the keeper of this sensitive data, how confident are you that it is secure? Although HIPAA and the HITECH Act strengthen and increase privacy and security compliance obligations, the fact is that healthcare data breaches have continued to rise. Learn how you can avoid costly security breaches and compliance vulnerabilities within your Web applications.
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SOTU barely covers healthcare reform law: Social media reactions
January 27, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
After this week's State of the Union address, the Politico website dug into why President Obama barely mentioned healthcare reform law. Obama's law has garnered only 42 percent support by Americans, but has been among the most significant policy accomplishments for Obama since he took office.
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Healthcare 'flubs in Florida'
January 24, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Last night, the remaining four GOP candidates debated in Tampa, Florida and, as usual, there were a number of topics misrepresented as facts – Mitt Romney’s attacks on the federal health law among those.
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Now there are five
January 17, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Jon Huntsman, one of the Republican candidates with a background of instituting new healthcare measures, dropped out of the presidential race Jan. 16.
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Romney on being able to fire health insurers: Social media reactions
January 13, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
Last week, we looked at Rick Santorum's controversial statement that no one has ever died because they didn't have health insurance. This week, it seems another GOP presidential candidate has gotten himself into a bit of trouble regarding health insurance.
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12 Months of Health IT: A Year of Momentous Progress
January 10, 2012 | Farzad Mostashari, MD
I would like to highlight ten of this year's most notable developments in the world of health information technology and ONC.
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New Hampshire GOP debate, round two (Twitter recap)
January 9, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
In their second debate in 12 hours, the Republican presidential candidates hashed it out Sunday morning during the television program Meet the Press. We live-tweeted the debate (@HITNewsTweet) and present here a full recap of the event and the reactions it prompted.
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Santorum: No one has ever died because they didn't have health insurance
January 6, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
Back in December, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum stirred up trouble when he declared that nobody has ever died because they did not have health insurance. How did our healthcare-based social media following respond to Santorum's statement?
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The Iowa Caucuses and healthcare: What Twitter users are saying
January 3, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
The 2012 Iowa caucuses take off tonight, as candidates compete for the Republican presidential nomination. But where do the hopefuls stand on healthcare legislation, and how will that sway voters in the Hawkeye state? Here is a Twitter recap of what users have been saying on the subject matter.
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2011: 6 Health IT Shifts and 3 Disappointments
December 29, 2011 | Jon Mertz
You can read about the shift happening. You can see the shift happening. You can sense the shift happening. In all of this, there is still an understanding that we have a long way to go in order to achieve a true connected health care system, yet we know the movement is happening.
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Looking Back on 2011 - What A Strange Year It's Been
December 28, 2011 | John Moore
It is almost becoming the norm to say that it has been another tumultuous year in the healthcare IT market. If 2011, was a bit bumpy, believe we will see craters in the road to HIT enlightenment in 2012.
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White House launches $40 Twitter campaign: Healthcare responses
December 21, 2011 | Kelly Mehler
This week, the Obama Administration set in motion a Twitter campaign in response to the Republicans in the House of Representatives shutting down the two-month extension to the payroll tax cut. What can you buy with $40? Here are some healthcare related answers from Twitter followers.
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Twitter recap: End of the year health IT social media chat
December 16, 2011 | Kelly Mehler
Today, Dec. 16, marked the last weekly #HITsm TweetChat, conducted by HL7 Standards (@HealthStandards). The topic determined was an end of the year recap surrounding health IT. Find out what issues were generated through this twitter recap.
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MedTech Media Announces the Launch of PhysBizTech
January 6, 2012 | Industry News Release
Online publication will provide business and technology intelligence to small and medium sized physician group practices
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Yardi acquires assisted living software provider ALMSA corporation
January 6, 2012 | Industry News Release
Yardi announced today that it has acquired ALMSA Corporation, which provides electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medication administration record (eMAR) software and services for assisted living and long-term care communities.
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RF Surgical signs 3-year agreement with Premier
November 9, 2011 | Industry News Release
RF Surgical, Inc., the leader in prevention and detection of retained surgical items (RSI), today announced a three year agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance, a leader in healthcare performance improvement. Under the terms of the agreement, the more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals, and 78,000 additional healthcare sites in the alliance, can select RF Surgical Detection Technology to prevent and detect RSIs from occurring in the operating room.
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HealthPartners creates true enterprise imaging strategy with Merge Healthcare iConnect
November 1, 2011 | Industry News Release
Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, today announced that HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, has selected its iConnect vendor neutral archive to create a true enterprise-wide imaging strategy across all of its hospitals and clinics.
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Liaison Technologies launches healthcare partner program
October 18, 2011 | Industry News Release
Liaison Technologies, a global provider of secure cloud-based integration and data management services and solutions, announced today a partner program for healthcare solution providers. The Liaison Healthcare Partner Program enables third parties to access and contribute to an integrated platform for patient information—all with an emphasis on trust and privacy, scalability and flexibility.
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Proposed HHS rule would require insurers to submit detailed patient healthcare information
October 6, 2011 | Industry News Release
Jericho Systems Corporation, the pioneer in Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) technology, today reinforced its commitment to protecting the privacy rights of patients, healthcare providers, insurers, and other government agencies while securely sharing sensitive healthcare information.
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Welch Allyn successfully completes acquisition of TRIMLINE Medical Products
October 4, 2011 | Industry News Release
Welch Allyn, a leading global provider of frontline medical products and solutions, today announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of TRIMLINE Medical Products Corporation, formerly a manufacturer of a full range of blood pressure cuffs, aneroid gauges and stethoscopes. Welch Allyn has fully integrated all blood pressure cuff manufacturing operations into its Skaneateles Falls, NY, and Tijuana, Mexico, facilities, giving the company a unique opportunity to better serve its customers by offering them the full spectrum of blood pressure management products—from mechanical gauges, to electronic devices, to disposable and reusable blood pressure cuffs.
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PLC Systems signs ACIST Medical Systems to distribute RenalGuard® in France and Germany
October 4, 2011 | Industry News Release
PLC Systems Inc. (OTCBB: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, today announced that it had signed an agreement with ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a Bracco Group company, to distribute its innovative RenalGuard System™ in France and Germany.
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LiveData to provide integration technology for Titan Medical's next-generation robotic surgery system
September 16, 2011 | Healthcare IT News Staff
LiveData, Inc., a leading innovator of real-time data integration and display technology, today announced today that it has signed a six-year development and licensing agreement with Titan Medical Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TMD). Under terms of the agreement, Titan Medical will have an exclusive, worldwide license for LiveData RTI Server as an integration technology for the Company's Amadeus Composer robotic surgical platform.
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Glen R. Stream, MD, MBI, assumes role of president of the American Academy of Family Physicians
September 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
Glen R. Stream, MD, MBI, FAAFP, a family physician in Spokane, Wash., assumes the role of president of the American Academy of Family Physicians today. Previously, he served three years as a director on the AAFP Board and one year as president-elect. Stream was elected president-elect in September 2010 by the Congress of Delegates, the AAFP's governing body. The AAFP represents 100,300 physicians and medical students nationwide.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services demonstration link remote patient monitoring to reduced costs
September 12, 2011 | Industry News Release
Treatment of patients with chronic disease accounts for nearly four-fifths of U.S. healthcare spending. Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc., the market leader in remote patient monitoring systems and a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, today announced new evidence demonstrating that implementing carefully designed care management and telehealth programs for these patients can help significantly reduce health care spending.
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MGMA study finds many practices are interested in becoming a patient-centered medical home
July 21, 2011 | Industry News Release
MGMA’s Patient Centered Medical Home Study: 2011 Report based on 2011 Data, conducted in April 2011, captured the views of 341 primary care and multispecialty practices nationwide and found that almost 70 percent of respondents were already in the process of transforming or interested in becoming a PCMH while more than 20 percent were accredited or recognized as a PCMH by a national organization. The report is available for free through the MGMA store. MGMA’s study found the majority of practices interested in becoming a PCMH were family medicine (nearly 36 percent), followed closely by multispecialty practices with primary and specialty care (more than 30 percent) and pediatrics (more than 10 percent).
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