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Managing Editor Mike Miliard interviews the CEO of Extormity, a satirical, fictional EHR vendor promising to extract as many dollars from its clients as possible in a bid to deliver the opposite of meaningful use.

Medical devices are an increasingly important part of care delivery. Discussion of medical device issues has become part of the mainstream press such as last week's Boston Globe article about their security.

It’s never too early to start work on the 2013 quality measures, which is exactly what the federal health IT panel is doing.

Steven Waldren, MD, director of the Center of Health Information Technology at the American Academy of Family Physicians, gave an interesting provider perspective about meaningful use, financial incentives and hospitals reaching out to physician groups in a recent Q&A.

The money is flowing and industry stakeholders need to take advantage of it.

The Leapfrog Group's recent report on CPOEs stresses the importance of proper testing and monitoring of health IT to avoid potential risk and harm to patients. The report focused on CPOE adoption, it also looked at the efficacy of CPOE systems. While the report was on CPOEs, its findings are relevant for EHR adoption.

Given all the discussion surrounding topics such as privacy and “Meaningful Use”, it’s easy to forget that HITECH was rolled out last year as part of a larger economic stimulus package.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently launched an official web site for its EHR incentive programs. It's a great idea, but it should have been launched soon after the programs were announced.

ONC is making history tomorrow with the first-ever federal government sponsored hearing on privacy-enhancing technologies.

The concept of linking payment to higher quality, more efficient healthcare may finally be turning the corner. The success of this payment model requires buy-in from payers and the application of the model across all providers.