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By Mary Mosquera | 12:00 pm | March 30, 2011
The Health IT Standards Committee has begun exploring some of the functions that electronic health records should be capable of performing in Stage 2 of meaningful use, with providers using health information exchange to send patients their information to a personal health record (PHR) a prominent example.
By Molly Merrill | 06:10 pm | March 29, 2011
The Montana Senate voted to restore the $35 million in federal incentives for electronic medical records for hospitals and community health centers across the state this week.
By Molly Merrill | 11:15 am | March 29, 2011
In response to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, Elsevier has offered free access to its primary online clinical reference tools to all IPs originating from that country.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:56 am | March 29, 2011
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to contract for management services to streamline and modernize the processing of its healthcare claims and develop tools to detect fraud and waste. It will also update IT services to help control costs in its beneficiary travel program.
By Molly Merrill | 12:09 pm | March 28, 2011
Musicians may not be the only talent flocking to Nashville, according to a new report that finds significant job growth there in health IT.
By Molly Merrill | 04:33 pm | March 24, 2011
As healthcare organizations work to make the transition from paper to digital, one area that should not be overlooked is the provider credential verification process, says one expert.
By Mike Miliard | 11:26 am | March 23, 2011
The ONC announced earlier this week that more than 60 healthcare and health IT organizations - from EHR vendors to integrated delivery systems to state-based and private-sector HIEs - have expressed their support for the Direct Project's simple and secure messaging protocols.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:22 am | March 23, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formally launched its innovations website, where it plans to gather and test new ideas to improve the healthcare system for its Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
By Eric Wicklund | 03:19 pm | March 22, 2011
Military healthcare provider will help fortify Fusionfx HIE platform
By Mike Miliard | 03:17 pm | March 22, 2011
The ease with which IBM’s Watson computer dispatched its human opponents on Jeopardy! this past February was something to behold.