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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) believes a private-public partnership would be better to run the future Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), rather than a federal body alone.
Payer performance improvement remained flat in 2011, according to the seventh annual PayerView rankings released today by health IT company athenahealth. That's attributed in part to new compliance measures and major information technology shifts.
The White House held a two-hour town hall meeting on Tuesday to get the pulse of how health IT is advancing nationwide, according to one panelist at the private session.
ONC wants to standardize data access so it can be automated and go from machine to machine, Fridsma said.
Northrop Grumman, Aegis and Terrarecon used last week's Government Health IT Conference to reveal and discuss plans for cloud computing and mobile health technologies.
With mobile devices growing in number and scope, the risks they present are, too. Covered entities can, and must, commit to protecting patients' privacy.
A former governor, a serving senator, and a 15-year old exchange strike to the core debate about whether being pro-health reform also means a politician cannot be conservative.
HIMSS vice president Dave Roberts is running for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in a non-partisan race. Even there, healthcare is as contentious an issue as they come.
All are anxiously awaiting the ruling due by June's end, but some states are stalling on health reform measures, while others are forging ahead. But even if the Supreme Court strikes down the law, or pieces of it, there are at least 3 aspects states should continue pursuing.
In real estate, it’s all about location, location, location, they say. In healthcare IT, you might say it’s about integration, integration, integration. Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman is keenly aware of how critical product integration is, he says, and he’s working on it. It’s the difficulties with integration that seem to have led to the EHR company’s recent troubles – at least it’s what Allscripts customers and analysts mention most often.