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We knew that the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and the Drummond Group would not be the only two Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs), which were named by ONC at the end of August.

The use of the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) to promote health information exchange represents a major shift of direction by policymakers working on expediting use of the Nationwide Health Information Network.The NIEM (pronounced "NEEM") is a working model for standardizing information exchange that has been operating among federal, state and local government agencies in areas such as emergency management and law enforcement.

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released a new report last week on the current state and future of medical homes and identified health IT as an important component to integrating and coordinating care, which is so central to medical homes.

Just when you thought all the money for the healthcare industry under ARRA has been revealed, HHS made another announcement last Friday that the federal government will give the healthcare workforce $130.8 million in grants.

By now we all may be growing tired of the "it's the economy, stupid" construction. What's more, using it for health IT is not respectful of the many people who work in the area, because they are earnestly trying to improve health. But, in many respects, the "forest for the trees" kind of reset that the construction suggests is very appropriate now.

Google Health is still in the game having made a number of significant changes to its platform.

The American Hospital Association is putting pressure on legislators to change one area of the final ruling on the federal incentives for the meaningful use of EHRs.

A recent survey conducted by eHealth Initiatives and MedPlus reveal that primary care physicians aren't rushing to their local regional extension centers to sign up for technical services.

According to an August CHIME survey, 28 percent of CIOs expect to qualify for stimulus funding in the first six months of fiscal year 2011, which begins on October 1, 2010. An additional 62 percent said they expect to qualify between April 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012 - the end of Stage 1 of the incentive program.

This summer the Department of Health & Human Services unveiled "a glimpse of the beginning" of population health-oriented Web-based health care.