Mike Miliard

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 ease with which IBM’s Watson computer dispatched its human opponents on Jeopardy! this past February was something to behold.

Parody project becomes sly marketing campaign for two IT vendors

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

“It’s widely agreed upon that barcoding at the bedside does improve patient safety,” said Coray Tate, clinical research director at KLAS. “That’s been proven without any doubt.”

As the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Beacon Communities focus on using IT to improve the quality and efficiency of care, they also have a rare opportunity to spur regional economic growth by making use of private-sector systems and technology.

MEDecision, a developer of health management and decision support technology, and Health Language, Inc. (HLI), which specializes in medical terminology management, have joined forces, allowing MEDecision to help payers and providers comply with and capitalize on forthcoming ICD-10 requirements.

A survey sponsored by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has revealed significant concerns about the measures put forth in the preliminary Stages 2 and 3 meaningful use criteria.

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 National Quality Forum (NQF) has announced the conversion of 113 NQF-endorsed measures from a paper-based format to an electronic "eMeasure" format. The conversion, requested by the Department of Health and Human Services in compliance with the HITECH Act, will allow the measures to be more easily readable by EHR systems.