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Health IT News from HHS
Keep Posted on HHS The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is responsible for protecting the health of the US population and provide essential human services. It denotes almost one quarter of the federal government’s expenses and awards more grant money than all other federal agencies combined. HHS’ Medicare program is the nation’s largest health [...]
Health Datapalooza Lives Up to the Hype
News and Updates from Datapalooza IV The Health Data Initiative (HDI) was launched in 2010 by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) which has now grown into the Health Data Consortium. The Consortium includes 17 organizations that encourage innovators to utilize health data to develop applications to [...]
HHS Seeks Input and Comments on HIPAA Audit Process
OCR Issues ICR on HIPAA Audit Program The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and oversees health information privacy in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The OCR is now seeking comments and input on the agency’s HIPAA audit process. In an Information Collection Request (ICR) notice [...]
Health IT Business News – Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Today’s Business News InteliChart announced that MMIC has added the InteliChart patient portal to its suite of EHR and practice management offerings. The patient portal will enable MMIC’s more than 17,000 providers to enhance health information exchange and patient-physician communication as they prepare to meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements. According to the recently released Manhattan Research Taking the Pulse U.S. 2013 [...]
HHS 2014 Proposed Budget Seeks Continued Support of Health IT Adoption
2014 Budget Looks to Build Upon Investment in Health IT The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released earlier this week its proposed 2014 budget. In the 130 page budget brief, HHS outlines in considerable detail objectives, goals and budget allocations for next year. Included in the budget are details related to activities and [...]
HHS Sets Goal of 50% of Physicians Using EHRs by Year End
2013 Agenda to Focus on Improving Care through Health IT Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, M.D., announced HHS’s plan to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) and build a seamless and secure flow of information essential to transforming the [...]
New Work Group Established to Support White House Cybersecurity Executive Order
Industry and Government Already Benefiting from Cybersecurity Collaboration The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced last week the establishment of a new working group to support the White House Cybersecurity Executive Order. Issued on February 12 by President Obama following his State of the Union address, the policy warns that “the cyber threat to critical infrastructure continues to [...]
HHS Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan
Comment period for Patient Safety Plan open through February 4th “It is widely believed that, when designed and used appropriately, health IT can help create an ecosystem of safer care…” —Institute of Medicine “Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care” report. On December 21, 2012, the Office of the National Coordinator [...]
HHS Announces Grant Program to Create Telehealth Centers
$1.9M Earmarked for Six New Telehealth Centers The HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) plans to provide $1.9 million in grant funding to fund an additional network of telehealth resource centers. HRSA is administering the grants through the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program. This competitive program provides funds for projects demonstrating the use of [...]
Health Information Technology Year End List of Lists
What’s on your health information technology list this year? Day 4 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts finds us making a list. We checked this one out twice to bring you the list of lists. From best ofs to seeing what’s to come here is what we found in health information technology and health [...]
Providers working towards HIE and interoperability face the challenge of bringing connectivity to scale to take advantage of the data being generated by EHR adoption. This paper seeks to demonstrate that connectivity at scale can be accomplished. 
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