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In March, with Detroit feeling the acute pain of the Great Recession even worse than many cities, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan tried a novel approach to staffing it hoped would help.
The proposed meaningful use criteria up for public comment reflected “thoughtful policy,” David Brailer, MD, told Healthcare IT News shortly after the government made the rule public on Dec. 30, 2009.
In 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology granted more than $250 million to 17 "beacon communities" nationwide that exemplify the positive impact of healthcare IT on population health.
In the year 2010 doctors should be looking at technologies that could help boost their communication with their patients, experts told Healthcare IT News in January.
In July, Hospital CIOs across the country reviewed the final rule on meaningful use of health IT with some relief that the government had given up its all-or-nothing approach.
Federal officials released the final rule on meaningful use July 13 - setting the criteria for physicians and hospitals to qualify for thousands of dollars in stimulus funding incentives for the adoption of electronic health records.
Because he thinks in stories, Atul Gawande - surgeon, author, professor - started his recent lecture about the costs and failures of the country's healthcare system with a story about a middle-aged car mechanic in Alabama.
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has unveiled the first version of the software that will allow simple information exchange between providers, a crucial enabler for the first stage of meaningful use of electronic health records.
Sixty-five hospitals recognized for best performance in patient safety and quality for 2010 - an award that hinges heavily on IT use - were announced Wednesday by watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group.
A pilot program being conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will use a private contractor and the Internet to speed claims decisions and cut down the time it takes to receive healthcare records from private physicians.