From Stage 2 MU to Patient Engagement Mobile Health on the Rise No matter where you turn these days in the Health IT news front you can’t escape Mobile Health or mHealth. A very, very hot topic right now, recent studies and headline news are driving interest from all sectors — patients, providers, vendors, and [...]
This week’s posts include Stage 2 Meaningful Use Affect on Patient Records and more… Has Technology Transformed Healthcare in the Right Direction Is Healthcare Information Technology Transformational? Maybe not.There is likely agreement that technology has provided innovation in the healthcare world and there is no doubt that we can point to the progress made with some [...]
Is Healthcare Information Technology Transformational? Maybe not. .. Dr. Nick van Terheyden Voice of the Doctor LinkedIn Profile, Twitter: @drnic1 There is likely agreement that technology has provided innovation in the healthcare world and there is no doubt that we can point to the progress made with some ground breaking tools (CT Scanners and MRI imaging spring [...]
New Group to Focus on Health Information Exchange in Stage 2 A couple weeks ago ONC Farzad Mostashari wrote a post saying this is the year for health information exchange (HIE). In Health Information Exchange Turns a Corner he writes “The stage is set, and it is clear we can and must make rapid progress this [...]
Recovery Room highlights Health IT, CMS, and ONC News We haven’t done a Recovery Room in a while. These posts are selected information that make up news items that have happened or articles written in the recent past we thought were of interest. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have released the names of [...]
This week’s posts include Patient Portals in Stage 2 Meaningful Use and more Patient Portals a Necessity for Stage 2 Meaningful Use The release of proposed Stage 2 requirements has everyone jumping on the Patient Portal bandwagon. As one of our contributing experts Ron Sterling says “Patient Portals in Stage 2 won’t be choice, they [...]
Implementation to Analytics: Future Work of Informatics William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I am occasionally asked whether the work of informatics will be “done” when everyone is finishing implementing electronic health record (EHR) systems. Sometimes the query is further qualified by, “once everyone gets their HITECH money.” My answer is [...]
Health Datapalooza 2012 The ONC has announced the 3rd Annual Health Data Initiative Forum or also known as Health Datapalooza 2012. This year’s Health Datapalooza will be held on June 5-6 in Washington DC. As it did last year, the event will assemble data experts, technology developers, policy makers, all levels of the health care stakeholders, [...]
Transformation of NwHIN by Fall of 2012 The ONC has defined the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) as “the set of standards, services and policies that enable secure health information exchange over the Internet”. Currently with a million shared records in our healthcare system the initiative is positive, moving beyond a pilot phase. The interim [...]
CMS Delays HIPAA 5010 Transaction Standards CMS has announced a delay in the enforcement for updated HIPAA transaction standards ASC X12 Ver 5010 and NCPDP Versions D.0 and 3.0. The announcement was released yesterday by CMS Office of e-Health Standards and Services (OESS). No enforcement will be initiated on any covered entity required to comply [...]
Todd Park Appointment to Federal CTO We have followed Todd Park now since he cashed in his millions and accepted the challenge to help HHS move into this century with their technology. He has been the Chief Technology Officer for HHS since August 10, 2009. On Friday he will accept yet another challenge. Last week [...]
ONC and HHS Privacy and Security Mobile Device Project The current Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan outlines the nation’s strategy for the health IT agenda which is improving the quality, efficiency, safety and patient-centeredness of health care. A goal of the plan is to “inspire confidence and trust in health IT and electronic health [...]
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