The State of Maine and HealthInfoNet have received a $600,000 grant to help support electronic sharing of health records among behavioral health providers and general medical providers in Maine.
Federal stimulus funds are paying to build or expand systems enabling healthcare providers within each state to share patient information, but state officials are concerned about how to keep paying for the programs once the federal money runs out, an iWatch News survey reveals.
Susan Herron has a new tool at her disposal for checking medication administration at the patient’s bedside. Among its attributes, she says, “It bounces pretty good.”
The Affordable Care Act is expected to provide health insurance coverage to some 32 million uninsured people over the next 10 years, many of them to be covered by Medicaid. Some experts are saying states should not procrastinate in preparing to handle the strain of enrolling them.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced up to $13.2 million in new grants to support the expansion of health information technology in settings that serve people with mental and substance use disorders.
Eighty-five community health center programs, located in 15 of the 17 Beacon Communities nationwide, were awarded $8.5 million on Monday to aid with the adoption of health IT to support long-term improvements in quality of care, health outcomes and cost efficiencies.
athenahealth has launched a new online dashboard to provide clear visibility into the performance of physicians on the athenahealth network against meaningful use criteria.
With a new online Medicaid enrollment system up and running, Oklahoma is ready for the onslaught of Medicaid enrollment that is expected in 2014, says Mike Fogarty, CEO of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
Even as Oklahoma and Kansas recently said ‘no thanks’ to federal money aimed at helping them with the health information technology platform needed to create health insurance exchanges, the Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury last week awarded $185M more to drive the creation of the exchanges across the country.
Meaningful use expert Jim Tate has written that the Medicaid EHR incentive program reminds him of "zero entry" swimming pools: very easy to get into, with almost no barriers. Given its less stringent requirements compared to the Medicare EHR incentive program, Tate writes, he's surprised that more eligible professionals are "not jumping into this incentive program with both feet."
The federal Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model that was announced last May is asking too much of providers, too soon, according to Brian Yeaman, chief medical information officer of Oklahoma-based Normal Regional Health System.
Is the "meaningful use" race for $30-plus billion of ARRA stimulus funds finally about to get the green flag, or have increasing number of caution or red flags put the race on temporary h
HP Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority have signed a seven-year, $281 million IT and information services contract aimed at preparing SoonerCare, the state’s Medicaid program, for federal health reform mandates.
The Children's Clinic of Muskogee, Okla., has qualified for maximum 2011 Medicaid meaningful use incentives, according to Greenway Medical Technologies, the clinic's integrated electronic health record vendor.
HP Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority announced yesterday a seven-year, $281 million IT and information services contract aimed at preparing SoonerCare, the state Medicaid program, for upcoming health reform mandates.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced Wednesday the awarding of $241 million in "Early Innovator" grants to help seven states design and implement the IT infrastructure needed to launch state health insurance exchanges.
The Gastorf Family Clinic, a small, family-owned clinic in Durant, Okla., was the first in the country to receive a physician-paid incentive check under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced Wednesday that providers and public health agencies in Minnesota and Rhode Island have begun securely exchanging health information online as part of the Direct Project.
