Government & Policy
Inland and Rhode Island HIEs overcome hurdles of sharing with disparate EHRs, customization, and various data sets to supply patient analytics.
A tidal wave of health data is flooding government agencies. Here are 5 ways to use big data to reduce redundancies and unnecessary expenses while achieving better care outcomes that bolster population health.
As associations, advocacy groups and other interested parties gear up to submit comments on meaningful use Stage 2, John Loonsk, MD, explains how health IT professionals can offer opinions on the proposed rules, making substantive suggestions without actually weakening the regulation.
John Loonsk, MD, explains how health IT professionals offering opinions on the meaningful use Stage 2 NPRM can make substantive suggestions without actually weakening the regulation.
Speaking at the HxD Conference, new U.S. CTO says that the future holds more good than we can even imagine right now, touts innovation, government data as drivers.
As the Supreme Court hearings are getting under way, John Graham discusses why the individual mandate does not work in Massachusetts, and some inherent contradictions in the health reform law.
When ONC stands up the NwHIN-Exchange in October, there will be at least 25 partners spanning military, private and public health entities sharing patient records with each other on the back of various standards.
Leveraging NwHIN-Exchange has enabled Community Health Information Collaborative (CHIC) to win contracts with federal agencies such as the SSA and VA, improve patient care locally and become the HIE people look to as an example in its region. CHIC CEO Cheryl Stephens discusses how it all works.
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, an advocate for the use of electronic health records, touted preventive care and the benefits of healthcare reform when she spoke in Maine on Monday, the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
The sector lags behind others, and many facets of healthcare and HIT are ripe for improvement, but there are bright spots and the people, policy, technology, along with the progress already made point toward a promising future.