Meaningful Use

Many regional extension centers are already discovering best practices to reach primary providers in their region and begin the job of digitizing their records to meet meaningful use guidelines.

The debut of HIMSS' mini-conference HIT X.0 drew hundreds of attendees to a keynote featuring Aneesh Chopra, U.S. technology czar, and John Glaser, CEO of the Health Services Business Unit at Siemens.

Surescripts, the American Hospital Association and the College of American Pathologists have been awarded a $4.9 million grant to launch a program to prepare hospitals to submit electronic data on reportable lab results to public health agencies - a Stage 1 requirement for meeting meaningful use incentives.

This Session Tweet recaps Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich's keynote speech on Monday morning at HIMSS11.

The nation’s chief technology officer stood before a room of health IT and business leaders Sunday at HIMSS11 and submitted what he called a "hypothesis."

The to-do list for the year ahead for the members of the College of Health Information Executives (CHIME) is long and complex - the more reason to form partnerships, says one of its leaders.

This HIMSS11 Session Tweet recounts our live coverage of C. Martin Harris, MD's keynote, "Approaches to Achieving Meaningful Use," on Sunday, Feb. 20.

Experts from 28 of the nation's leading health systems have developed an industry standard information management capability roadmap for coordinating accountable care, Premier Healthcare Alliance announced Friday.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), with 1,400 CIO members, is urging the government to allow hospitals and physician practices more time to assess Stage 1 progress and to better prepare for Stage 2 meaningful use objectives.

Meeting meaningful use is taking precedence in health IT budgets for 2011, according to hospital executives polled in a recent survey.