Mary Mosquera
The top two managers of the Connect exchange gateway are leaving the pioneering federal health information exchange (HIE) program as it sets new directions to advance the adoption of health information exchange for meaningful use.
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans in 2011 to create prototypes to help bring its more than 30-year-old VistA electronic medical record system into the Internet age.
A Department of Health and Human Services advisory group has proposed broad steps that healthcare organizations should take in order to establish their corporate identities for the simple exchanges of patient information that will be required under the first stage of meaningful use.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has opened the doors to its innovation center, where it plans to test models of coordinated care for patients as well shared payments for healthcare providers in various real-world settings.
Laptop theft is the most prevalent cause of the breach of health information affecting more than 500 people, according to the Health & Human Services Department, which last year began tracking data breaches by public and private healthcare organizations.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants industry help in digitizing clinical quality measures so healthcare providers can send them to CMS directly from their electronic health record systems.
The Office of the National Coordinator has asked the public to comment about privacy and security concerns associated with the use of electronic personal health record systems and tools.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has made available for free a mobile version of its "Find a Health Center" application for iPhones through iTunes. The online version of the health center locator can be accessed at HRSA's website.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is weighing what quality measures to use for a website it is developing to help consumers compare physicians, an offering that is required under the health reform law enacted earlier this year.
The Office of the National Coordinator will start real-world testing of clinical information exchanges between healthcare providers using "NHIN Direct" standards and services in late December or early January, according to the connectivity project's director.