Meaningful Use

The Montana Senate voted to restore the $35 million in federal incentives for electronic medical records for hospitals and community health centers across the state this week.

The ONC announced earlier this week that more than 60 healthcare and health IT organizations - from EHR vendors to integrated delivery systems to state-based and private-sector HIEs - have expressed their support for the Direct Project's simple and secure messaging protocols.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formally launched its innovations website, where it plans to gather and test new ideas to improve the healthcare system for its Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Military healthcare provider will help fortify Fusionfx HIE platform

Dozens of would-be competitors collaborate under ONC auspices on pivotal data exchange project

HP Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority have signed a seven-year, $281 million IT and information services contract aimed at preparing SoonerCare, the state’s Medicaid program, for federal health reform mandates.

Indiana's health IT sector, which includes more than 72 growing technologies along with health plans, life sciences companies, academic institutions, philanthropic organizations and state government, has bolstered the state’s healthcare and economy, according to a new report

While lawmakers in Washington continue to duke it out over the federal budget, many experts are saying the $27 billion allotted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to reward providers for healthcare IT adoption should be secure, mainly because healthcare IT has bipartisan support.

David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology, announced his departure from the ONC just 17 days before the HIMSS11 conference began on Feb. 19 in Orlando, Fla. Blumenthal came onboard just two weeks prior to HIMSS09.

To forge ahead or hold back – that is the question