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The Health IT Policy Committee, a federal advisory group, has begun work on developing the meaningful use requirements for Stages 2 and 3 of the federal Medicare and Medicaid healthcare IT adoption incentive program.
Coming out of the dog days of summer, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is gathering steam to roll out the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs).
The AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) kicked off its “ICD-10 Will Change Everything” campaign in late summer, replete with tools, training, and a virtual floor plan displaying how every corner of a physicians practice will feel the impact.
The Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center (GCREC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) opened its enrollment period for eligible practitioners last month.
Cincinnati and Detroit were the last two places awarded Beacon Community status under a government program aimed to provide models for the effective use of health information technology. David Blumenthal, MD, the nation’s health IT chief, called the awards, “the beginning of the beginning.”
The devotion teenagers pay to their text messages may not be a bad thing, if children's hospitals can use it to help boost medication adherence in their patients.
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, a 431-bed facility in Syracuse, N.Y., is poised to roll out digital vital signs technology to the bedside. The system moves data directly to the patient’s electronic health record.
Critical access and rural hospitals will benefit from nearly $20 million in new technical support assistance to help them convert from paper-based medical records to certified electronic health record technology, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Sept. 10.
Eleven healthcare organizations in New York State will receive a total $109 million in state grants to improve the coordination of healthcare through the use of health information technology.
Maine Medical Center, a 606-bed tertiary care and teaching hospital, part of the seven-hospital MaineHealth System, has begun a 20-month roll out of a new $90 million electronic health record system.