Molly Merrill
During UC Irvine's White Coat Ceremony on Friday each member of the School of Medicine's incoming class of 2015 will receive an iPad as part of the school's initiative to provide students with a digital medical education.
Outgoing MGMA head William Jessee discusses future plans, while White House names Steven VanRoekel incoming Federal CIO.
Outgoing MGMA President and CEO William F. Jessee, MD, announced Thursday he is joining Integrated Healthcare Strategies in October. In other leadership news, the White House named Steven VanRoekel as the new chief information officer for the federal government Thursday, replacing Vivek Kundra.
The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) recognized 12 organizations as leaders in the health information exchange space in a report that it released this week identifying what it took to be a successful HIE.
The Medical Group Management Association is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its proposed HIPAA "accounting of disclosures" rule, due to the burden it would put on practices to provide such a report – and the possibility that it might deter them from implementing new technology.
American Medical Association cites need for more changes, including not starting penalties until 2013.
The American Medical Association and 91 state and specialty medical societies have submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressing concern over the proposed changes to the electronic prescribing penalty program.
John Halamka, MD, chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, announced last week that he will be "passing the baton" as CIO of Harvard Medical School to a "new IT leader."
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Tuesday that it is offering a $50,000 prize to the first team that builds a personal health record using the Blue Button download format – and arranges to install the PHR on the websites of 25,000 physicians across America.
Johns Hopkins Medicine is looking to fill a variety of "strategic positions" as it prepares to implement EHR modules from Verona, Wis.-based Epic across its ambulatory system over the next 18 months.