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For the second time, President Barack Obama has nominated Marilyn Tavenner to be permanent administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She has been serving as acting administrator since December 2011, when Donald Berwick, MD, stepped down.
National health programs have been, or are now, becoming electronic, just as health records are. Many of these programs will play major roles in either incenting or conflicting with efforts to advance the electronic healthcare infrastructure. And as with other industries, becoming electronic changes the way these programs can and should be carried out themselves. John Loonsk, MD, discusses how it might all shake out.
During the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, attendees can visit the over 13,000 square-foot Intelligent Hospital Pavilion (Booth 8711) at the Exhibition Hall on March 4, 5 and 6.
The Office of the National Coordinator's Health IT Standards Committee is urging ONC leaders to lean towards menu options and certification for use cases on Stage 3 meaningful use rather than core requirements, and to especially keep in mind that standards for a variety of clinical procedures are still evolving.
The ONC Health IT Standards Committee relayed their stage 3 recommendations via Beth Israel Deaconess CIO John Halamka, who said meaningful use stage 3 have got to account for standard maturity.
Leaders of healthcare policy encouraged the industry to move ahead faster during a keynote address at the National Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4 "...help us speed up the rate of change," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius encouraged conference attendees.
Responding to a challenge from the department Secretaries, the DoD and VA outline tweaks to their iEHR strategy that intend to advance exchange and interoperability by early next year.
EHR implementation, meaningful use and compliance are the top three healthcare CIO priorities for 2013, according to a study released Feb. 4 by Level 3.
ICD-10 experts say the one-year implementation delay doesn't allow organizations to relax their transition efforts. It is for this reason that a day-long ICD-10 Symposium will be offered on Sunday, March 2 at HIMSS13.
HHS Secretary praises Carolyn Clancy for having impacted millions of Americans' health.