Healthcare IT News
Conferences, exhibitors and other events for the months of June and July.
The H1N1 virus outbreak should be a reminder that public health needs to be a part of the discussion surrounding "meaningful use" of electronic health record systems, said Trudi Matthews, director of policy and public relations for HealthBridge, a community Health Information Exchange (HIE) that operates in the Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told members of the House Ways and Means Committee last month that health reform is not contingent merely upon health IT adoption, but also on interoperability.
A compilation of recent hires, promotions and moves in the healthcare information technology industry.
NetBase last month launched its Content Intelligence platform, a search solution designed to provide additional insight from any content source including the Internet, premium and enterprise content.
The New York State Department of Health will use services from APS Healthcare and Thomson Reuters for its Medicaid clinical best practice utilization review program.
Commentary by Carla Corkern, chief executive officer at Talyst
Associate Editor Molly Merrill’s April 10 online story “Blumenthal says HITECH faces challenges,” about ONC chief David Blumenthal’s article in the New England Journal of Medicine, yielded two detailed reader comments focused on the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
HIMSS09 wraps up today here in Chicago with keynote speeches from Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Naval Flight Surgeon Captain Jerry Linenger.
The HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is unclear on the development of health information exchanges, and the deadlines attached to incentives have been reported all over the map.