Government & Policy

Eric Dishman made his way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about just how critical -- a matter of life or death -- access to personal health information can be.

Republican Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander is calling for a delay until Jan. 1, 2017, for putting into effect the final rules for Stage 3 of the federal government's EHR Incentive Program.

In a review of 20 of 62 contracts awarded for the development, implementation and operation of HealthCare.gov, the HHS Office of the Inspector General found the supervision of contractors on the job to be sorely lacking.

Rebecca Freeman, RN joins the agency to spearhead nursing outreach and shape clinical informatics activities.

National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, announced this week that Rebecca Freeman, RN, will join the agency to spearhead its nursing outreach and help shape its clinical informatics activities.

Richard Clarke, cybersecurity expert and former national security advisor to three U.S. presidents, will keynote the HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum Dec. 1-3 in Boston.

HIMSS officials plan to share the three "asks" with Congress during National Health IT Week in early October.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has handed the baton to the Office of Management and Budget, as the rules for Stage 3 meaningful use and the modifications to Stage 2 inch closer to finalization.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced Wednesday that two pieces of EHR software have had their certifications revoked, meaning providers can no longer use them to attest to meaningful use.

With little news on Stage 2 meaningful use updates since the proposed rule in April, the Medical Group Management Association is calling on CMS to extend the 2015 reporting period.