ONC-ATCBs Unsung Heroes of EHR Incentive Program I would like to raise a glass of thanks and praise to one of the groups in the background that are rarely acknowledged for their work in spurring HIT adoption. Someone had to step up and take on the difficult task of assuring that EHRs are tested and [...]
Recovery Room 12/5/11 In our recovery room posts we highlight events and news that have happened and didn’t report but still think are interesting. Will Medicare’s Demonstration Project program help us decide how physician’s get paid in the future? Three new projects will launch in January targeting factors leading to improper payments. Here is a summary of the projects [...]
Nov. 8 Declared Family Health History Day Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin has declared this Thanksgiving the 8th annual “Family Health History Day”. The Surgeon General is using the declaration to promote her Family Health History Initiative which is to help focus attention on the importance of family history when it comes to your personal [...]
Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As of November 17th . 6 more States launched their Medicaid EHR Incentive programs – Arkansas, Delaware, Montana, New Jersey, New York, and North Dakota. This brings the total to 39. 23 states have issued incentive payments [...]
HITECH Act Funding It is a great question with no sure answer. Times are tough as they say. Everything is “on the table” when it comes to the government and its budget and debt. If it is about health care you bet it won’t be safe. But the question of HITECH Act funding does seem [...]
Committee seeks comments on HIE Specifications The Health IT Standards Committee is charged with making recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health IT on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information. The ONC has defined the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) as “the set of standards, services [...]
Blumenthal to Open ONC Annual Meeting Dr. David Blumenthal is back to open this year’s ONC Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 17th. The ONC Grantee and Stakeholder Summit will be held in Washington DC from 8:30am to 5:15pm EST. Join the ONC and the stakeholders as they work together to modernize the Nation’s health care [...]
ONC Mostashari at MGMA By far the highlight of my time at MGMA was my twelve minutes of one-on-one with ONC Farzad Mostashari. There is no doubt Dr. Mostashari has the resume for this job but his charm, his genuine belief in the initiative, and his overall vision makes the package even better. If you [...]
. Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers you are about to see are all true… As of the end of September . 114,644 Eligible Professionals have registered, 8,000 have successfully attested to meaningful use in the Medicare program. 2,396 eligible hospitals have registered and 302 of those have successfully attested to meaningful use. 3,772 [...]
Health Information IT directly from the ONC TODAY from 8-3 EST, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will participate in “Putting the IT in Transitions,” an event hosted by several key organizations – the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente. The Partnership for Patients, [...]
Patient Access to Lab Results in Stage 2 or 3 Meaningful Use? Something is Happening Last week on September 12th HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed new rules “that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information…..the new rules would empower patients and allow them to gain access to test results reports directly [...]
ONC Announces Federal Health IT Strategic Plan The ONC, along with its federal partners, announced the released of the current version of the Federal Health IT Startegic Plan as a part of the National Health IT Week. The Plan which was last published in 2008 has been updated after the public comment period that ended [...]
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