Government & Policy

Malec coordinated the communities that developed the Direct protocols for simple exchange and are fine-tuning exchange standards to be able to share information.

Rep. Renee Ellmers sent a letter Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in which she requested that HHS consider a study of health IT's benefits and cost effectiveness, with a focus on gauging medical error rates.

The State of Kansas is returning its "Early Innovator" grant that was distributed by HHS to aid in the design and implementation of the IT infrastructure needed to launch its state health insurance exchange.

Taconic IPA's Dr. John Blair discusses putting in place the technical tools and practice procedures as the first step toward more effective and coordinated patient care, in the first of a two-part series.

Even as health IT providers and vendors are immersed in meaningful use, the federal government has its eye on ways to export the concept overseas.

Hawaii governor names ONC's Tsang to help spearhead state effort to develop innovative delivery of healthcare services, including EHR adoption.

The government's meaningful use guidelines for healthcare reform have caught the attention of mobile health and telemedicine advocates, who say their programs are right in line with efforts to adopt IT to improve healthcare delivery.

Outgoing MGMA head William Jessee discusses future plans, while White House names Steven VanRoekel incoming Federal CIO.

Outgoing MGMA President and CEO William F. Jessee, MD, announced Thursday he is joining Integrated Healthcare Strategies in October. In other leadership news, the White House named Steven VanRoekel as the new chief information officer for the federal government Thursday, replacing Vivek Kundra.

Mac McMillan, CEO of Austin, Texas-based IT security firm CynergisTek and chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, has some strong opinions about privacy protections in healthcare nowadays. The short version? Things could be a lot better.