Diana Manos
Jamie Welch, the CIO of the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange (LARHIX) calls the benefits of HIE for participating providers is "astronomical."
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is taking action to beef up healthcare IT cybersecurity by appointing a new chief privacy officer and offering a new contract to study cybersecurity.
The Health IT Policy Committee on Wednesday recommended that federal officials ease up the meaningful use requirements, allowing providers to defer some of them and still earn bonuses under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) announced Tuesday that it has extended its contract with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through April 30, 2010.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced Friday nearly $1 billion in grants for regional extension center, health information exchange and healthcare IT training.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced Friday nearly $1 billion in grant awards for regional extension center, health information exchange and healthcare IT training grants.
Leaders at the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) announced Tuesday they have published a free business associate agreement to help providers comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
It may seem unlikely today, but within the next 10 years there will be widespread use of electronic health records across the country, the nation's health IT chief predicted Thursday.
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 70 measures designed to increase the use of electronic data platforms to measure, report and improve quality of healthcare.
With a more urgent timeline for data sharing across the country, the government is now rethinking what the Nationwide Health Information Network – the NHIN.